Statistics
The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.
Classified facts respecting the condition of the people in a state, their health, their longevity, domestic economy, arts, property, and political strength, their resources, the state of the country, etc., or respecting any particular class or interest; especially, those facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tables of numbers, or in any tabular and classified arrangement.
The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.
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Statistics Quotations
There are lies, damned lies and statistics.
Mark Twain
Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.
Mark Twain
Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.
Zig Ziglar
Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.
George Bernard Shaw
It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.
George Bernard Shaw
Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
Jorge Luis Borges
We were not given any statistics as to how many records were pressed on the blue label. I used to ask Bob Shad how we were going to get paid from record sales and what I got for an answer was not to worry about the business end of the deal.
Phil Harris
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Benjamin Disraeli
Statistics are no substitute for judgment.
Henry Clay
Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.
Jean Baudrillard
Statistics Translations
statistics in Dutch is statistiek
statistics in French is statistique
statistics in German is Statistik
statistics in Hungarian is statisztika, statisztikai adatok
statistics in Swedish is statistik
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