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Although we often hear that data speak for themselves, their voices can be soft and sly.

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The main purpose of a significance test is to inhibit the natural enthusiasm of the investigator.

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Weighing a sample appropriately is no more fudging the data than is correcting a gas volume for barometric pressure.

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The law of truly large numbers states: With a large enough sample, any outrageous thing is likely to happen.

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Frederick Mosteller

Frederick Mosteller

Born: December 24, 1916
Died: July 23, 2006 (aged 89)
Bio: Charles Frederick Mosteller, usually known as Frederick Mosteller, was one of the most eminent statisticians of the 20th century.
Known for:
  1. Selected papers of Frederick Mosteller (2006)
  2. Beginning statistics with data analysis (1983)
  3. Data analysis and regression (1977)

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