bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys) (06/09/84)
For what it is worth:
In his very interesting book, "How to Lie with Statistics" (W. W. Norton 1954),
Darrell Huff attributes the quotation "There are three kinds of lies: lies,
damned lies, and statistics" to Disraeli.
Whether the attribution is correct or not, the book is required reading for
anyone who wants to avoid being bamboozled by statistical sophistry.
--
Bill Jefferys 8-%
Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712 (USnail)
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utastro!bill@ut-ngp (ARPANET)marcus@pyuxt.UUCP (M. G. Hand) (06/12/84)
<one for you and the rest for me...> The international Thesaurus of Quotations, Rhoda Thomas Tripp, Penguin 1970, has that "There are three kinds of lies - lies, damned lies and statistics." comes from Mark Twain's Autobiography (1924), v.1, ed. A.B. Paine. Marcus Hand (pyuxt!marcus)
leif@erix.UUCP (Leif Samuelsson) (06/12/84)
I vote for Mark Twain, not because I know it was him, but
because he was an interesting person.
Now, if we all vote for him the magic of statistics will
make it true, right?
Leif Samuelsson
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