Edward Tufte Quotes

The statistics might have a Eurosceptic cast, but they are not exactly a fun read. Few of us want to wade through ONS graphs or European Commission tables.

It is easy to lie with statistics. It is hard to tell the truth without it.

Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.

There is a rampant tendency in any industry where someone is trying to sell something with a bunch of data, where they cherry pick a little bit... bias a little bit. This becomes quite easy when there is an enormous amount of data to cherry pick from.

There is a reasonable concern that posting raw data can be misleading for those who are not trained in its use and who do not have the broader perspective within which to place a particular piece of data that is raw.

We must never let a blizzard of statistics blind us to the real lives and people behind them.

Statistics are like blood sausage: they are delicious until you find out how they're made.

To understand God’s thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of his purpose.

If we just focus on stats, we're gonna eventually not have them.

You can shape statistics to make them look however you want them to.

According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless.

Statistics and numbers are no good unless you have good people to analyse and then interpret their meaning and importance.

Above all else show the data.

If you just look at the data, you are led to believe that things are getting better, rather than worse. That's why the fall is really precipitous, once you hit the ceiling.

Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches.

The numbers are hard to control.

The numbers don't always tell the whole story.

Being insignificant statistically doesn't mean it's right or wrong. It just means you don't have enough data to show yes or no.

My job is to analyze our data set to understand it and build products on it. I look at raw data, do the math to clean it up, and build systems to make it easy to understand.

I'm an analytics girl.

A lot of people seem to think that data science is just a process of adding up a bunch of data and looking at the results, but that's actually not at all what the process is.

Statistics are just a compilation of people's stories put on paper, and legislation is our attempt to address those real challenges for people.

There's a very low amount of data literacy around people.

Statistics are there to be broken.

We should be cautious about embracing data before it is published in the academic press, and must always avoid treating correlation as causation.