I can't remember but the confidence stats were definitely higher before the cops got tasers.
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Exactly, contrary to being told that we should trust certain "information" because they are "statistics", but never qualifying what kind of statistics they are. For instance I've engaged in phone polling and have given answers to questions but nobody ever checked to see if I was lying about my answers and some of the answers may as well have been lies because the person conducting the poll could not speak English, so half the time I was only guessing at the gist of the question.
And I'll ask you the same thing I asked Jack. Do you know in what context that quote is derived from?
"And I'll ask you the same thing I asked Jack. Do you know in what context that quote is derived from?"
Tonnignton, you are asking two people who only quoted a very quotable quote by a very wise person.
There is one person who could give you the answer to your question, called: Samuel Clements.
Tonnignton, you are asking two people who only quoted a very quotable quote by a very wise person.
There is one person who could give you the answer to your question, called: Samuel Clements.
The meaning of that quote is two-fold, and it's wise because of that. The people who most often use this quote use it predominantly in one form only, and thus miss the true wisdom in the quote.
It means that some people use statistics to tell lies, sure enough, and that's what most people use it (the quote) for. But it also refers to the fact that some people choose to write off statistics that they have cognitive issues with, or find inconvenient. So when someone uses this quote when they have no reason to discard the finding, they are actually the other side of the coin that this wise person was referring to.
Incidentally, there were others before him who had similar statements.
It means that some people use statistics to tell lies, sure enough, and that's what most people use it (the quote) for. But it also refers to the fact that some people choose to write off statistics that they have cognitive issues with, or find inconvenient. So when someone uses this quote when they have no reason to discard the finding, they are actually the other side of the coin that this wise person was referring to.
Incidentally, there were others before him who had similar statements.
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Statistics is historical information and probabilities is using statistics to predict the future.
YOu'd have to ask "the Great I am"- it just might alter the status from "statistical" to "anecdotal"...............................:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
Phewwwwwwwwwww- I was afraid maybe one was from Toronto.........Alberta boys- no problem.
He attributed it to Benjamin Disraeli (but there's no evidence Disraeli said it), but it is mostly likely a quote of Charles Wentworth Dilke, who said it as a joke.