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Statisticians do it with large numbers.
Statisticians do it with only a 5% chance of being rejected.
Statisticians do it with probability 1.
Statisticians do it with two-tail T tests.
Statisticians have a statisticaly significant chance of doing it.
Statisticians probably do it.
Statistics always reminds me of the fellow who drowned in a river whose average depth was only three feet.
-- Woody Hayes, Ohio State Football Coach...
Statistics and their use allow one to jump from an unwarrented assumption to a preconcenived conclusion without so much as even a slight hesitation.
The use of such condensed information allows tha...
Statistics are a highly logical and precise method for saying a half-truth inaccurately.
Statistics are like lampposts: they are good to lean on, but they don't shed much light.
-- Storm P (Robert Storm-Petersen), 1882-1946, Danish black-and-white arti...

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