Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.
A theory is a good theory if it satisfies two requirements: it must accurately describe a large class of observations on the basis of a model that contains only a few arbitrary elements, and it must make definite predictions about the results of future observations.
Man must learn to simplify, but not to the point of falsification.
There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
I have a theory of statistics: if you can double them or halve them and they still work, they are really good statistics.
In statistics, what disappears behind rows of numbers is death.
There are two futures, the future of desire and the future of fate, and man's reason has never learnt to separate them.
The buffalo isn't as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more Americans are killed in automobile accidents than are killed by buffalo.
Human beings are prone to believe the things they wish were true.
How much of what we call 'reality' is actually out there or rather within our own head?
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language.
Unlike earlier thinkers, who had sought to improve their accuracy by getting rid of error, Laplace realized that you should try to get more error: aggregate enough flawed data, and you get a glimpse of the truth. "The genius of statistics, as Laplace defined it, was that it did not ignore errors; it quantified them," the writer Louis Menand observed. "...The right answer is, in a sense, a function of the mistakes.
According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are totally worthless.
Every month, we get the reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that say even more people have given up looking for work.
By the laws of statistics we could probably approximate just how unlikely it is that it would happen. But people forget especially those who ought to know better, such as yourself that while the laws of statistics tell you how unlikely a particular coincidence is, they state just as firmly that coincidences do happen.
The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.
The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data.
There is a possibility that your ability as a player may well be analysed by future generations on your one day statistics. That's the day I dread most.
I don't think players care too much about stats and statistics.
One more fagot of these adamantine bandages is the new science of Statistics.
Statistics are human beings with the tears wiped away.
Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write!
There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up.
For every two degrees the temperature goes up, check-ins at ice cream shops go up by 2%.
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