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> I thought it was Mark Twain, but found this quote on line:
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> Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them
> myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with
> justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and
> statistics."
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> Autobiography of Mark Twain
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> Doug
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> Thanks to http://www.twainquotes.com
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Doesn't matter. You can say "statistics don't lie." but a better t ruism
is "raw data doesn't lie." It however has to be manipulated mathematically
and otherwise, and it i IS possible to stack the deck by picking and
choosing which data you analyze. (How come both sides of an argument
always argue with "statistics?")
Kristin
2+2=4
2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2
(as 2 approaches 2.5 rounded down the sum approaches 5 rounded up, so
watch out for them rounding errors!)
