Anecdote and data

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 19, 2012 - 8:30pm
The plural of anecdote is not data.

Causation and correlations

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 19, 2012 - 7:00pm
“Right after word leaks that the iPhone has been tracking your location at all times, we find Osama. Coincidence? Thanks Apple!”

The drunk statistician

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 17, 2012 - 2:30am
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamposts - for support rather than for illumination
~ Andrew Lang

January 16, 2012 - 7:12am

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 16, 2012 - 12:42pm

Most people have more than the average number of

An aching desire for an answer

Submitted by sarraf on January 14, 2012 - 8:22am

 

The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data.
~ John Tukey

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