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# Stephen Stigler

(1941)   Statistician

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Stephen Stigler is a statistician, best known for *The history of statistics*.

## Quick Facts About Stephen Stigler

Born August 10, 1941

Profession Statistician

Notable works The history of statistics

## About Stephen Stigler

Stephen Mack Stigler is the Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor at the Department of Statistics of the University of Chicago. He has authored several books on the history of statistics; he is the son of the economist George Stigler.

##  Quotes by Stephen Stigler

> [Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stigler/beware-of-the-problem-of-testing-too-many-hypotheses-the-more-you/)

Stephen Stigler

[Confession](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confession/)

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> [“Cournot noted that if one averaged the respecticvee sides of a collection of right triangles, the resulting figure would not be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stigler/cournot-noted-that-if-one-averaged-the-respecticvee-sides-of-a/)

Stephen Stigler

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