Statistics – Quotes

A mathematician, like a

A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas. G. H. Hardy

We have no idea how many women were raped in wars – because no one ever asked. So sometimes when people say statistics have escalated, I wonder if, that is true or are we just hearing about things now that we didn’t hear about before. Eve Ensler

There is a liberal

There is a liberal bias. It’s demonstrable. You look at some statistics. About 85 percent of the reporters who cover the White House vote Democratic, they have for a long time. There is a, particularly at the networks, at the lower levels, among the editors and the so-called infrastructure, there is a liberal bias. Evan … Read more

We all know that

We all know that Americans love their statistics – in sport, obviously. And in finance too. Evan Davis

Statistics: The only science

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

[Statistics] Fiction in its

[Statistics] Fiction in its most uninteresting form. Evan Esar

[Statistics] The science that

[Statistics] The science that can prove everything except the usefulness of statistics. Evan Esar

Definition of Statistics: The

Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures. Evan Esar

Staring us in the

Staring us in the face is the desperate plight of the poor. We don’t need statistics to tell us that. They are flesh and blood people like ourselves, often out of work, forced out of rented premises, without money and without food. Eva Burrows

All those statistics that

All those statistics that you are gathering about your own experiences and about others are only about how somebody has flowed Energy. It isn’t about any hard fast reality. Esther Hicks