Interesting choice of quote.
Belloc was an anti-Semetic, anti-Islamic Catholic who asserted that the
Theory of Evolution had been completely discredited.
Someone else who didn't like facts getting in the way of dogmatic personal
belief and superstition.
On 20 December 2011 19:51, Marcus Chantry
In the words of Hilaire Belloc: "It has long been recognised by public men of
all kinds, that statistics come under the head of lying, and that no lie is so
false or inconclusive as that which is based on statistics."
On 20/12/2011, at 10:42 , Steven Millward wrote:
> Nothing. I showed you
Nothing. I showed you a table that showed that 18 of 20 teams were within
3 places of the forecast and 15 were within 2 places. There is an element
of luck and other factors in this as I explained in my earlier response to
Matt. It's not a perfect model but it explains 90% of variability.
On
ok, let's see how much you trust your statistics. How much are you willing to
place on a bet that Wolves will finish exactly fourth from bottom?
On 20/12/2011, at 10:20 , Steven Millward wrote:
> See you're trying to discredit me by the absurd. The last bastion of a
> scoundrel.
>
> I say
See you're trying to discredit me by the absurd. The last bastion of a
scoundrel.
I say there is a need for a manager to do the things that managers do, but
that beyond a certain level of competence and experience there is very
little difference in the influence they have on performance.
We need
you are correct that insurance is very heavily dependant on statistics for
assessing and pricing for risks. However, I am not an actuary and my role for
the best part of 17 years has been to challenge actuaries to ensure that my
products are affordable and sustainable, in effect disproving many
Interesting point of view from someone that works in insurance, an industry
that is entirely based on the statistical pricing of risk.
Please take the stats I have presented and make them support your agenda.
I can send you the spreadsheet if you want to have a go.
I understand it must be confron
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Thats right, lets have our own poll then.
For MM = Against MM (I'm a
stats support it you know.
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I really loved MM
z question was a joke Joyce)
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Thats right, let
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Thats right, lets have our own poll then.
For MM = Against MM (I'm against but only if a suitable repl
t
the sender and delete the email.
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Stats c
Guess what I'm reading on line at the moment Marcus.
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Stats can be made to support any agenda that a person wants to push. Climate
Change is the perfect example of how both sides can manipulate statistics to
support their own agenda.
On 20/12/2011, at 08:36 , Jeremy Tonks wrote:
> You’ve missed the point Lee ;)
>
> How much is he being paid?
You've missed the point Lee ;)
How much is he being paid?
I'm not sure 1 game without him this season gives us any statistical
validity?!
I think I'd like to see which games he missed (as in opponents) as well.
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