Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!bill From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: More on Lies, Damn lies, etc. Message-ID: <81@utastro.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Jun-84 10:44:44 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.81 Posted: Sat Jun 9 10:44:44 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Jun-84 01:54:00 EDT References: <691@u1100a.UUCP> Organization: UTexas Astronomy Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 14 For what it is worth: In his very interesting book, "How to Lie with Statistics" (W. W. Norton 1954), Darrell Huff attributes the quotation "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics" to Disraeli. Whether the attribution is correct or not, the book is required reading for anyone who wants to avoid being bamboozled by statistical sophistry. -- Bill Jefferys 8-% Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712 (USnail) {ihnp4,kpno,ctvax}!ut-sally!utastro!bill (uucp) utastro!bill@ut-ngp (ARPANET)