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Lies, damned lies, and statistics

"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of statistics to bolster weak arguments, "one of the best, and best-known" critiques of applied statistics. It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent's point.

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Lies, damned lies, and statistics

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related to Sources · 54
Lies, damned lies, and statistics → An Anthology, And, Bellhouse, Bibby, Canada, Colin, CS1, Damn Truth, Damned Quotes, Date, David, December, Delaunay, Do, DOI, Epithets, Etymology, French, History, In Underwood
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Lies, damned lies, and statistics → Activists, America, Claims Made, Co, Critical Analysis, Damned Lies, Damned Quotes, Delaware, Dell, Drug War Statistics, ISBN, Joel Best, John Bibby, Lies, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Matthew, Media, Michael Wheeler
related to history · 23
Lies, damned lies, and statistics → Alternative, Arthur James Balfour, Arthur Wellesley, Baines, British, Chapters, Courtney, Disraeli, Duke, English, Figures, Henry Du Pré Labouchère, Jervoise Athelstane Baines, Leonard, Mark Twain, My Autobiography, North American Review, Royal Statistical Society, The, There

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statistics phrase damned lies three isbn attributed twain used kinds statistical society national 1891 cite liars white bibby also among

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Lies, damned lies, and statisticsrelated to historyMark Twain0.60section
Lies, damned lies, and statisticsrelated to historyChapters0.60section
Lies, damned lies, and statisticsrelated to historyMy Autobiography0.60section
Lies, damned lies, and statisticsrelated to historyNorth American Review0.60section
Lies, damned lies, and statisticsrelated to historyFigures0.60section
Lies, damned lies, and statisticsrelated to historyTwain0.60section
Lies, damned lies, and statisticsrelated to historyDisraeli0.60section
Lies, damned lies, and statisticsrelated to historyThere0.60section
Lies, damned lies, and statisticsrelated to historyAlternative0.60section
Lies, damned lies, and statisticsrelated to historyWalter Bagehot0.60section
Lies, damned lies, and statisticsrelated to historyArthur James Balfour0.60section
Lies, damned lies, and statisticsrelated to historyEnglish0.60section

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