Statistical Interpretation Quotes

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

Most variables can show either an upward or downward trend, depending on the base year chosen.

... the actual and physical conduct of an experiment must govern the statistical procedure of its interpretation.

It is difficult to understand why statisticians commonly limit their inquiries to Averages, and do not revel in more comprehensive views. Their souls seem as dull to the charm of variety as that of the native of one of our flat English counties, whose retrospect of Switzerland was that, if its mountains could be thrown into its lakes, two nuisances would be got rid of at once.

If the statistics are boring, you've got the wrong numbers.

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

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 can be so misleading. It is funny, though, how often at the moment you see one team had 60 per cent of the ball but still lost.

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

I think that having good data, good statistics-and the United States generally has better macroeconomic statistics than most countries-and having good economists to interpret those data and present the policy alternatives, has a substantially beneficial effect on policymaking in the United States.

Why are you calling it a failure rate at this airport. Why not say success rate?

If you hear a statistic, you will make up a story to go with it, because our brains are organized on narrative. And you may very well make up a wrong story because you only have one fact, which is a statistic.

Stats are for losers. They relish in them.

The analysis of statistics is a big part of the modern game, and it's important as a modern manager to embrace areas that can help your team and players improve.

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

We lisp in numbers, in the U.S. We are deluged by ample, often mysterious statistics. ... Like many in this country, I have come to regard statistics with doubt and merely as a hint of the probable shape of fact.

If you just heard 90 percent of dentists recommend something, it's too statistical. Nine out of 10 says: Well, it's just virtually everyone. It leads you to think of that joke about the one dentist. But so much of communication.

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