Rex Stout Quote

“There are two kinds of statistics the kind you look up and the kind you make up.”

~ Rex Stout


Ratings and Comments


Mike, Norwalk

I'm 99.314% sure a lot of the statistics you look up are based on a manipulation to facilitate a desired outcome (-; the rest you made up ;-)

J Carlton, Calgary

I heard 87% of all statistics were made up on the spot, 94% of the time :)

Carol, Georgia

Very clever, Mike and Carlton. A fine example is the report from the CBO on the Obama Health Care bill. The information "fed" to them was false, so the final cost analysis figures are totally inaccurate. The bill as implemented will bankrupt this country. I am 100% sure of that and I believe that is a true statistic.

jim k, Austin,tx

The made up statistics are like when our loopy Vice President tells about all the jobs created by Obama and the gang.

RBESRQ
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RBESRQ    11/8/10

Unfortunately, in the vast majority of cases the stats we look up are made up.

J Carlton, Calgary

What percentage of the time is stimulus money actually destructive inflation? Answer: 100% of the time. Way to go Ben Bernanke you Freaking Gangster. 600B?...Criminal!

E Archer, NYC

I like the comments! ;-) A good statistician can make a graph go up or down -- just tell him which way you want it to go and he can do it with the same numbers just arranged in a different way. I know -- that is what I do! ;-)

L.P., Kirkland, WA

Why the hell can't that F**King Botox B**ch Pelosi just BE a statistic???????? (Along with the rest of the *Regime* for that matter)

warren, olathe

Statistics are like polls. They show what the person that collected the info believes.

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