309 Quotes About Statistics

If your experiment needs a statistician, you need a better experiment.

All the statistics in the world can't measure the warmth of a smile.

Data must be used to tell the truth, not to call to action, no matter how noble the intentions.

All the statistics in the world can not measure the brilliance of compassion.

Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns- the ones we don't know we don't know.

All statistics have outliers.

Individual destinies sink, small lives merge into one great false mass event that keeps repeating its statistical story.

I heard reiteration of the following claim: Complex theories do not work; simple algorithms do.One of the goals of this book is to show that, at least in the problems of statistical inference, this is not true. I would like to demonstrate that in the area of science a good old principle is valid:Nothing is more practical than a good theory.

A certain elementary training in statistical method is becoming as necessary for everyone living in this world of today as reading and writing.