Statistics are not destiny

[meganursula]

thats all.

Comments

[bhudson.livejournal.com]

And yet, 97% of destinies are made up.

[mh75.livejournal.com]

You are a scientist. You may prefer my less poetic statement: Statistics do not inform the individual case.

[bhudson.livejournal.com]

Right, that's what I got.

I'm slightly worried to ask why the post.

[mh75.livejournal.com]

heh, no reason. I just liked the phrasing of something that i often find reason to comment on. its the geek in me. I find statistics to be ubiquitous and somewhat fascinating.

[bhudson.livejournal.com]

Oh, good, so I can be glib, it's not like you just found out you Madeleine has some dread disease that only 5% of people overcome.

I do like the wording also.

[sinthrex.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly fond of “Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.” --Aaron Levenstein

[jmboyles.livejournal.com]

In the math dept, we had this saying: figures don't lie, but liars figure.