Statistical Relevance Quotes

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

In sports, stats count. Music? Not so much.

It has been said that figures rule the world. Maybe. But I am sure that figures show us whether it is being ruled well or badly.

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

Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to Mom's apple pie.

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.

To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be able to say what the experiment died of.

I always like to say just think you were a doctor with only one patient. You might understand how that person gets sick, how they get better, but you understand nothing about the progression of disease or how humans in general get ill. Now take an Earth scientist: you only have one planet to study.

While statistics are interesting, they're all in the past.