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Message: [QUOTE="Orangeyes, post: 77019, member: 34"] [SIZE=4][B][I][COLOR=#000080][IMG]http://connecticut.sblc.wikispaces.net/file/view/mark_twain002_bw_web.gif/146481907/mark_twain002_bw_web.gif[/IMG][/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B][I][COLOR=#000080]"There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies and statistics"[/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B][I][COLOR=#000080]Mark Twain[/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B][I][COLOR=#000080]"Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable"[/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B][I][COLOR=#000080]Mark Twain[/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][COLOR=#000080][IMG]http://photos.signonsandiego.com/albums/040201super/040201gall_belichick.jpg[/IMG][/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B][I][COLOR=#000080]"Statistics are for losers"[/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B][I][COLOR=#000080]Bill Belichick[/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][COLOR=#000080][FONT=Verdana][I]"Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures"[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][COLOR=#000080][FONT=Verdana][I]Evan Esar[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][COLOR=#000080][FONT=Verdana][I][IMG]http://www.yankees2000.com/y2k/uploaded_images/seaver4-778765.jpg[/IMG][/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][COLOR=#000080][FONT=Verdana][I][FONT=Verdana]In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.[/FONT] [/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000080][SIZE=4][FONT=Verdana][I][B]Tom Seaver[/B][/I][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [B][SIZE=4][I][COLOR=#000080][FONT=Verdana][IMG]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRa40w6QiTWGFUg06Bv8kGz6l_21WeTf7P3uCL057faNsIxQ_VroQ[/IMG][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=5][B][I][COLOR=#000080]"I can prove anything by statistics except the truth"[/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B][I][COLOR=#000080]George Canning[/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][COLOR=#000080][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb//f5/Belloc_side.jpg/200px-Belloc_side.jpg[/IMG][/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][COLOR=#000080][FONT=Verdana]"Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death."[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [COLOR=#000080][SIZE=4][I][B][FONT=Verdana]Hilaire Belloc [/FONT][/B][/I][/SIZE][/COLOR] [SIZE=4][B][I][COLOR=#000080][IMG]http://themadray.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/launch-26-blogger-Mark-Suster-pop_3095.jpeg[/IMG][/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B][I][COLOR=#000080]"73.6% of all statistcs are made up"[/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B][I][COLOR=#000080]Mark Suster[/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][COLOR=#000080][IMG]http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/images/2003/henryclay3.jpg[/IMG][/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B][I][COLOR=#000080]"Statistics are no substitute for judgement"[/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#000080][I][B]Henry Clay[/B][/I][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][COLOR=#000080][IMG]http://www.ariva.de/savant_bm_berlin_fr_335864g_a187296[/IMG][/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][FONT=Verdana][I][COLOR=#000080][FONT=Verdana]"Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument"[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][FONT=Verdana][I][COLOR=#000080][FONT=Verdana]Marilyn vos Savant [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/I][/B][/SIZE] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana][IMG]http://www.philosophy-religion.org/authors/kline.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][SIZE=5][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000080][FONT=Verdana][B][I]"Statistics: the mathematical theory of ignorance."[/I][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/LEFT] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000080][B][I]Morris Kline[/I][/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][FONT=Verdana][I][COLOR=#000080][FONT=Verdana][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Century_Mag_Andrew_Lang_at_work.png[/IMG][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/FONT][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][COLOR=#000080][I][FONT=Verdana]"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination."[/FONT][/I] [/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B][I][COLOR=#000080]Andrew Lang[/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][COLOR=#000080][IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8kU4gHt0r_Y/TW1wJWjQPxI/AAAAAAAADfM/Y2WdqSTCm2I/s1600/dizzydean.jpg[/IMG][/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][COLOR=#000080][FONT=Verdana][I]"I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head."[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][I][COLOR=#000080][FONT=Verdana][I]Dizzy Dean[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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