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The origin of the phrase "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is unclear, but Mark Twain attributed it to Benjamin Disraeli [1] "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of statistics to bolster weak arguments, "one of the best, and best-known" critiques of applied statistics. [2]
According to Ian Musgrave in Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and Probability of Abiogenesis Calculations: These people, including Fred, have committed one or more of the following errors. They calculate the probability of the formation of a "modern" protein, or even a complete bacterium with all "modern" proteins, by random events.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."-- Popularized by Mark Twain Recent reports have called Clean Energy Fuels' decision to invest heavily in liquefied natural gas ...
Lies, damned lies, and statistics, a phrase describing the persuasive power of numbers Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics .
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Darrell Huff (July 15, 1913 – June 27, 2001) was an American writer, and is best known as the author of How to Lie with Statistics (1954), the best-selling statistics book of the second half of the twentieth century. [1]
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