(December 3, 2021 at 5:06 pm)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote:(December 2, 2021 at 3:03 pm)Jehanne Wrote: There are lies, damned lies, and then, there's statistics.
-- Mark Twain
First time I heard that quote I was actually studying statistics.
He told as an anecdote something like :" In the city of Glasgow , ministers of The Church Of Scotland recently received a 10% rise. For the same period, local police have advised that arrests for solicitation went up 17%"
Same teacher gave this advice " Never play poker with a statistician". Have never played enough poker to verify that claim.
I don't play poker because I DO know the odds, and am shit at bluffing. Plus, money is hard enough to come by to take a chance on losing it in a game of chance.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.