Frederick Mosteller quotes

Frederick Mosteller quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“It is easy to lie with statistics; it is easier to lie without them.”
-- Frederick Mosteller

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“Although we often hear that data speak for themselves, their voices can be soft and sly”
-- Frederick Mosteller

Source : Frederick Mosteller, Stephen E. Fienberg, Robert E. K. Rourke (2013). “Beginning Statistics with Data Analysis”, p.234, Courier Corporation

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“The main purpose of a significance test is to inhibit the natural enthusiasm of the investigator.”
-- Frederick Mosteller

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