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Subject:RE: Significant digits? Take II From:Roy Jacobsen <rjacobse -at- GreatPlains -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 14 Nov 2000 09:33:47 -0600
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, it was Benjamin Disraeli
and the quote is:
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
-----Original Message-----
From: Kandis Weiner [mailto:kandis -at- toonboom -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 9:04 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Significant digits? Take II
According to my stats prof, who had this reference in his latest
stadistics book until the publisher slashed it,
the quote:
There are three kinds of lies:
> > "Lies, damn lies, and statistics?"
is attributable to Benjamin Disraeli.
(Picked this up mid-thread so I have no idea what this was in relation
to!)
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