#statistic

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#almost #analyze #any #argument #statistics

It stands, essentially, for the application of increased energy to the efforts already undertaken by my ministry since 1934 with the results shown in the above statistics. ↗

— Hjalmar Schacht

#already #application #efforts #energy #essentially

There are over 500,000 registered sex offenders across the country, and statistics have shown that the recidivism rate for those criminals is high. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#country #criminals #high #offenders #over

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#contract #eating #few #habit #show

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#intelligent #intelligent person #mark #moved #person

I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which said that probably 88% chance of mission success and maybe 96% chance of survival. And we were willing to take those odds. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#certainly #chance #i #i think #maybe

Well the way we perceive accuracy and what accuracy is statistically are really two different things. ↗

— Nate Silver

#different #different things #perceive #really #statistically

You can build a statistical model and that's all well and good, but if you're dealing with a new type of financial instrument, for example, or a new type of situation - then the choices you're making are pretty arbitrary in a lot of respects. ↗

— Nate Silver

#build #choices #dealing #example #financial

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic. ↗

— Joseph Stalin

#man #millions #statistic #tragedy

The Government are very keen on amassing statistics - they collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. ↗

— Josiah Stamp

#collect #cube #diagrams #government #keen