#statistic

There are some scary statistics out there: one in five kids aged 10-17 have received a sexual solicitation or approach via the Internet. ↗

— Mark Kennedy

#approach #five #internet #kids #out

Nonetheless, much has been learned by studying the statistical differences between the various human races. ↗

— J. Philippe Rushton

#between #differences #human #learned #much

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

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

I've taught statistics, math courses and what I've found is that often if you teach them algebraically the formulas, you'll have one group of kids doing well. ↗

— Robert Sternberg

#doing #formulas #found #group #i

How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work. ↗

— Patrick Swayze

#dead #go #how #man #nurture

A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey. ↗

— Banksy

#obesity #statistics #humor

I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly! ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#humor #intelligence #mathematics #statistics #education