Robert A. Heinlein Quote

But what is the purpose of your survey? he asked. "Does it need a purpose? I tell you, I just made it up." "But your numbers are too few to be significant. You can't fair a curve with so little data. Besides, your conditions are uncontrolled. Your results don't mean anything."


Beyond this Horizon, Chapter One (p. 2), Gregg Press. 1981


But what is the purpose of your survey? he asked. Does it need a purpose? I tell you, I just made it up. But your numbers are too few to be...

But what is the purpose of your survey? he asked. Does it need a purpose? I tell you, I just made it up. But your numbers are too few to be...

But what is the purpose of your survey? he asked. Does it need a purpose? I tell you, I just made it up. But your numbers are too few to be...

But what is the purpose of your survey? he asked. Does it need a purpose? I tell you, I just made it up. But your numbers are too few to be...