STATISTICS

Related Subjects: Facts, Index

1. Fundamental statistics are more important to the business man than those reflected in the figures on his own books, for fundamental conditions have more to do with his success.—ROGER BABSON, Business Fundamentals
   

2. There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.—Attributed to DISRAELI
   

3. The methods of statistics are so variable and uncertain, so apt to be influenced by circumstance, that it is never possible to be sure that one is operating with figures of equal weight.—HAVELOCK ELLIS, The Dance of Life