Statistics In The Hands Of An Engineer Are Like A Lamppost To A Drunk--they're Used More For Support Than Illumination.

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Statistics in the hands of an engineer are like a lamppost
to a drunk--they're used more for support than illumination.
-- Bill Sangster, Dean of Engineering, Georgia Tech

Often statistics are used as a drunken man uses lampposts for support rather than illumination.
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts - for support rather than for illumination.
-- Andrew Lang...
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts.
..for support rather than illumination." Andrew Lang (1844-1912)...
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Statistics In The Hands Of An Engineer Are Like A Lamppost To A Drunk--they're Used More For Support Than Illumination.

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