Statistical Quotes

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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new… — Hannah Arendt
It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven — Josh Billings
There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe. — Robert A. Heinlein
The incomplete knowledge of a system must be an essential part of every formulation in quantum theory. Quantum theoretical laws must be of a statistical… — Werner Heisenberg
I wish that one would be persuaded that psychological experiments, especially those on the complex functions, are not improved [by large studies]; the statistical method… — Alfred Binet
The issue of poverty is not a statistical issue. It is a human issue. — James Wolfensohn
The reason for your poor projections is often right in front of you. Whether you are using statistical analysis or just an average, sometimes the… — Des MacHale
Among the current discussions, the impact of new and sophisticated methods in the study of the past occupies an important place. The new 'scientific' or… — Robert Fogel
...the institutional arrangement whereby most professional economists are heavily burdened with teaching and administrative duties may militate against a sufficient admixture of the more laborious… — Sir Henry Roy Forbes Harrod
Political economy regards the proletarian like a horse, he must receive enough to enable him to work. It does not consider him, during the time… — Karl Marx
Statistical science is indispensable to modern statesmanship. In legislation as in physical science it is beginning to be understood that we can control terrestrial forces… — James A. Garfield
I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the… — Anatoly Karpov
Whether we like it or not, quantification in history is here to stay for reasons which the quantifiers themselves might not actively approve. We are… — J. H. Plumb
Allowing artist-illustrators to control the design and content of statistical graphics is almost like allowing typographers to control the content, style, and editing of prose. — Edward Tufte
Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write! — H.G. Wells
The manipulation of statistical formulas is no substitute for knowing what one is doing. — Hubert M. Blalock
A problem of statistical inference or, more simply, a statistics problem is a problem in which data that have been generated in accordance with some… — Morris H. DeGroot
My greatest concern was what to call it. I thought of calling it â€˜informationâ€™, but the word was overly used, so I decided to call… — Claude Shannon
The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing a scientific treatise on the… — Stephen Leacock
But the indeterminate future is somehow one in which probability and statistics are the dominant modality for making sense of the world. Bell curves and… — Peter Thiel

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