"The same set of statistics can produce opposite conclusions at different levels of aggregation." is a quote useful in teaching about Simpson's Paradox from American Economist Thomas Sowell (1930 -...
"Every careful measurement in science is always given with the probable error... every observer admits that he is likely wrong, and knows about how much wrong he is likely to be." This is a quote by...
"In our society, if you love dogs, cats, or goldfish you're considered normal and even nice. Say a kind word for statistics and you're regarded as a little mad." This is a quote from Newsweek and ...
This song is an ode to bad teaching in statistics written by Dennis Pearl to be sung to the tune of Roger Miller's 1965 classic country/pop tune "King of the Road."
"The true method of knowledge is experiment." This is a quote of British poet and artist William Blake (1857 - 1827). The quote is found in his 1788 book All religions are one.
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