“Torture the data long enough and they will confess to anything.”
--via The Economist, “a saying of statisticians”.
“With 4 parameters I can fit an elephant, and with 5 I can make him wiggle his trunk.”
--von Neumann
I like it, but do you have an issue number?
My father’s been saying that as long as I can remember; he hasn’t taken a statistics class since ’82.
Never mind, then!
Here is the piece I got it from:
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15557465
“A different game: Information is transforming traditional businesses”, Feb 25th 2010 - thanks!
--via The Economist, “a saying of statisticians”.
--von Neumann
I like it, but do you have an issue number?
My father’s been saying that as long as I can remember; he hasn’t taken a statistics class since ’82.
Never mind, then!
Here is the piece I got it from:
http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15557465
“A different game: Information is transforming traditional businesses”, Feb 25th 2010 - thanks!