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"There are 33 percent more such women in their 20s than men. To help us see what a big difference 33 percent is, | |||
Birger invites us to imagine a late-night dorm room hangout that’s drawing to an end, and everyone wants to hook up. | |||
'Now imagine,' he writes, that in this dorm room, 'there are three women and two men.'" | |||
<div align=right>--from the ''New York Times Book Review''</div> | |||
Cited in [https://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2015/11/20/imagine-33-percent/ Imagine 33 percent] at Jordan Ellenberg's "Quodmodocumque" blog (20 November 2015). | |||
Submitted by Priscilla Bremser | |||
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“I showed all the data together, which helped disguise the bimodal distribution. Nothing wrong with that. | |||
All the data is there. Every piece.... [But then he suggested using] thick and thin lines to try and dress it up, | |||
or changing colors to divert attention.” | |||
<div align=right>--Bob Schubert (Takata airbag engineer)</div> | |||
quoted in: [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/business/takata-emails-show-brash-exchanges-about-data-tampering.html Takata emails show brash exchanges about data tampering], ''New York Times'', 4 January 2016 | |||
Submitted by Bill Peterson | |||
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Revision as of 19:03, 14 July 2016
Quotations
Forsooth
"There are 33 percent more such women in their 20s than men. To help us see what a big difference 33 percent is, Birger invites us to imagine a late-night dorm room hangout that’s drawing to an end, and everyone wants to hook up. 'Now imagine,' he writes, that in this dorm room, 'there are three women and two men.'"
Cited in Imagine 33 percent at Jordan Ellenberg's "Quodmodocumque" blog (20 November 2015).
Submitted by Priscilla Bremser
“I showed all the data together, which helped disguise the bimodal distribution. Nothing wrong with that. All the data is there. Every piece.... [But then he suggested using] thick and thin lines to try and dress it up, or changing colors to divert attention.”
quoted in: Takata emails show brash exchanges about data tampering, New York Times, 4 January 2016
Submitted by Bill Peterson