Data Quote by Edward Tufte Download Open image ““If the statistics are boring, then you've got the wrong numbers.”” — Edward Tufte ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Data Design Statistics Visualization Wrong number
“Statistics lie. They are designed to sway opinions. Take the time to keep yourself informed on things that matter.” — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“Use statistics as input not output. Use them to make up your mind on an issue.Don't make up your mind and then go looking… — Chip Heath and Dan Heath Copy Share Image
“Statistics are rarely meaningful in and of themselves. Statistics will, and should, almost always be used to illustrate a relationship. It’s more important for… — Chip Heath Copy Share Image
I think statistics go in one ear and out the other. All of us respond to stories more than numbers. — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
“Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant. So says the statistician.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Comparisons must be enforced within the scope of the eyespan, a fundamental point occasionally forgotten in practice.” — Edward Tufte Copy Share Image
If there is a well thought-out design standard, it should be followed. In practice, great design comes from great designers. That is empirically the… — Edward Tufte Copy Share Image
Here's the general theory: To clarify, add detail. Imagine that. To clarify, add detail. And clutter and overload are not an attribute of information,… — Edward Tufte Copy Share Image
My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to… — Edward Tufte Copy Share Image
Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information. — Edward Tufte Copy Share Image
Confusion and clutter are failures of design, not attributes of information. And so the point is to find design strategies that reveal detail and… — Edward Tufte Copy Share Image
We've drifted into this presentation mode without realizing the cost to the content and the audience in the process. — Edward Tufte Copy Share Image
If your words or images are not on point, making them dance in color won't make them relevant. — Edward Tufte Copy Share Image
I hope that I am generous and tolerant, but certainly on the intellectual side I think that there are discoverable truths, and some things… — Edward Tufte Copy Share Image
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Sometimes I am a collector of data, and only a collector, and am likely to be gross and miserly, piling up notes, pleased with… — Charles Fort Copy Share Image
But actually theory is very practical. Gravity is a theory, for example. It allows you to predict that if you step off a cliff… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Statistics are like miniskirts: They give you good ideas but hide the important things. — Ebbe Skovdahl Copy Share Image
Unlike return, however, risk is no more quantifiable at the end of an investment that it was at its beginning. Risk simply cannot be… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Finding patterns is easy in any kind of data-rich environment; that's what mediocre gamblers do. The key is in determining whether the patterns represent… — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
[Brazil] went to the UN and said, "We need new standards for this." We need to take a look at what they're calling "data… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We're living in a technological world. You cannot tell me we can't do a better job getting that information. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design. — Tim Berners-Lee Copy Share Image
You cannot have 300-some million Americans - and really, right, the global citizenry be at risk of having their phone conversations intercepted with a… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image