#statistic

To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be able to say what the experiment died of. ↗

— Ronald Fisher

#after #asking #call #died #done

Consumers are statistics. Customers are people. ↗

— Stanley Marcus

#customers #people #statistics

Statistics show that many people watch our show from the bedroom. and people you ask into your bedroom have to be more interesting than those you ask into your living room. I kid you not! ↗

— Jack Paar

#bedroom #i #interesting #into #kid

Nature has established patterns originating in the return of events, but only for the most part. New illnesses flood the human race, so that no matter how many experiments you have done on corpses, you have not thereby immposd a limit on the nature of events so that in the future they could not vary. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

#leibniz #regression #statistics #experience

Most murders are committed by someone who is known to the victim. In fact, you are most likely to be murdered by a member of your own family on Christmas day. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#family

Of course, if 40% of women need oxytocin to progress normally, then something is wrong with the definition of normal. ↗

— Henci Goer

#doctor #humor #statistics #humor

Statistics show that the nature of English crime is reverting to its oldest habits. In a country where so many desire status and wealth, petty annoyances can spark disproportionately violent behaviour. We become frustrated because we feel powerless, invisible, unheard. We crave celebrity, but that’s not easy to come by, so we settle for notoriety. Envy and bitterness drive a new breed of lawbreakers, replacing the old motives of poverty and the need for escape. But how do you solve crimes which no longer have traditional motives? ↗

— Christopher Fowler

#crime #crime-solving #habits #motives #poverty

Without bragging, I've been blessed to have five of the greatest statistical years for a running back. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#been #blessed #bragging #five #greatest

You know, I think I'm the worst player to talk to about statistics. ↗

— Victoria Azarenka

#i #i think #know #player #statistics

In the sense that people who produce things and work get rewarded, statistically. You don't get rewarded precisely for your effort, but in Russia you got rewarded for being alive, but not very well rewarded. ↗

— Esther Dyson

#being #effort #get #got #people