D. J. Finney Quote

Too often, in many fields of science, the statistician is regarded as someone who comes on stage after data have been collected, performs standard calculations, delivers a verdict "Significant" or "Not Significant", and then departs.


The Questioning Statistician, Statistics in Medicine, Volume 1, 1982 (p. 5)


Too often, in many fields of science, the statistician is regarded as someone who comes on stage after data have been collected, performs standard...

Too often, in many fields of science, the statistician is regarded as someone who comes on stage after data have been collected, performs standard...

Too often, in many fields of science, the statistician is regarded as someone who comes on stage after data have been collected, performs standard...

Too often, in many fields of science, the statistician is regarded as someone who comes on stage after data have been collected, performs standard...