Re: Polls and more polls (wordplay)
PRHs Ghost
location: Still in Lawrence, Kansas...
listening to: Crickets.
registered: 2001.10.25
I'm not sure who originally said the "Liars use statistics." thing but I heard it from my Research Stats Professor back in my Grad School Days. Dr. William Daly said it to me.
He also said that statistics are like a streetlight pole that a drunk uses to prop himself up on. It only illuminates the immediate area and provides no support to get on down the street.
Other good stats quotes:
1. 4 out of 5 doctors smoke Camel Cigarettes
2. 99% of statistics are incorrect.
3. Ivory Soap is 99.9% pure. (so that means it's .1% corrupt or what?)
4. Eat more buffalo. 100,000 Native Americans can't be wrong.
OK...I'm only 28% sure about any of this...which means I'm 100% unsure.
PRH
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Pitchfork. Crowbar. Clawhammer. Hot Tar.
I'm not sure who originally said the "Liars use statistics." thing but I heard it from my Research Stats Professor back in my Grad School Days. Dr. William Daly said it to me.
He also said that statistics are like a streetlight pole that a drunk uses to prop himself up on. It only illuminates the immediate area and provides no support to get on down the street.
Other good stats quotes:
1. 4 out of 5 doctors smoke Camel Cigarettes
2. 99% of statistics are incorrect.
3. Ivory Soap is 99.9% pure. (so that means it's .1% corrupt or what?)
4. Eat more buffalo. 100,000 Native Americans can't be wrong.
OK...I'm only 28% sure about any of this...which means I'm 100% unsure.
PRH
–--
Pitchfork. Crowbar. Clawhammer. Hot Tar.
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