309 Quotes About Statistics

His secret, like those of nine of his fellow seniors, is safe with me. At Milton High, I’m my own statistic. People fail to see the great equalizer, the one thing the band geeks, the drama nerds, the jocks, and the preppies all have in common.Me-Mercedes Ayres.The girl who took their virginity.

Jersy Neyman conceived the role of statistics as providing direct guidance about an optimal decision.

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

I have studied many languages-French, Spanish and a little Italian, but no one told me that Statistics was a foreign language.

Just because someone quotes you a statistic or shows you a graph, it doesn’t mean it’s relevant to the point they’re trying to make. It’s the job of all of us to make sure we get the information that matters, and to ignore the information that doesn’t.

skepticism has its place. Statisticians are paid to be skeptics; they are the conscience of science.

Statistics is the main of all inaccurate studies

One is born an individual; one becomes a statistic.

Research doesn't assure definite rewards, but it assures lesser risk.