Data Authenticity Quotes

There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up.

Design has a powerful impact on the viewer. It has authority, and data also has the same air of authenticity and detail. It can be hard to argue with a graph, and it's hard to argue with data. So to combine data with a strong visual impact creates a powerful message.

Whether or not I like a piece of data has very little bearing on whether or not I am likely to accept it.

Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.

In the history of Wikileaks, nobody has claimed that the material being put out is not authentic.

I don't think we can dignify documents dumped by Wikileaks and just assume that they're all accurate and true.

Knowing the identity of the leaker helps you analyze the likelihood that the material is real.

The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity.

I would only have been too pleased if someone had asked me for my data. If you really believed in your data, you wouldn't mind someone looking at it. You should be able to respond that if you don't believe me go out and do the measurements yourself.