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Re: To think people earn a living quoting stats!

said by sbrook See Profile:

What a meaningless statistic. 60% increase on say 10,000 homes is 16,000 homes.
I think it was Mark Twain that said, "There are liars, damn liars, and statisticians."
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Re: To think people earn a living quoting stats!

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." --Attributed to Disraeli in Mark Twain Autobiography (1924) vol. 1, p. 246
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said by av8r See Profile:

said by sbrook See Profile:

What a meaningless statistic. 60% increase on say 10,000 homes is 16,000 homes.
I think it was Mark Twain that said, "There are liars, damn liars, and statisticians."
That's cause the guy who said that apparently didn't take a stats course...
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