 | Electronic journals - 1912 - 988 pages
...me : ' The half is not known about China, and the half that is known is not so.' The profane tell us that there are three kinds of lies: 'lies, damned lies, and statistics.' This may serve to show how great is the need which we preachers have of you statisticians. Comptroller... | |
 | Mineral industries - 1907 - 452 pages
...circumstances, and so he of San Francisco did, but in his own peculiar way, by concurring with Disraeli, who said that "there are three kinds of lies : lies, damned lies, and statistics." But what will mining engineers generally, and graduates of the Royal School of Mines particularly think... | |
 | American Statistical Association - Computer network resources - 1912 - 906 pages
...me : ' The half is not known about China, and the half that is known is not so.' The profane tell us that there are three kinds of lies: 'lies, damned lies, and statistics.' This may serve to show how great is the need which we preachers have of you statisticians. Comptroller... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1919 - 1282 pages
...the opponents of the soviet government. And remember in June, 1918 Senator OVERMAN. How many do you think the total number killed? Mr. WILLIAMS. You know...OVERMAN. You can give your own judgment about it. Mr. WII.I.IA.MS. My own judgment is — I made a very careful analysis at different times up to June, lltls.... | |
 | 1922 - 860 pages
...lot of things by statistics, but I am not going deeply into statistics. You recollect the old saying that there are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Statistics are useful, but they are very misleading, unless we use them correctly. Nor was there any... | |
 | Alabama State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1927 - 730 pages
...I am often inclined to deem wise the statement of Walter Gagehot, the celebrated English economist, that there are three kinds of lies — lies, damned lies and statistics. (Laughter.) And in considering these statistics, we must remember that it is altogether probable that... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency - 1950 - 732 pages
...rumors going about town that in some cases rents have been raised "100 and 200 percent." Someone once said that there are three kinds of lies: "lies, damned lies, and statistics." Nothing can be more deceptive than a statistic, especially if it is an unexplained or unevaluated statistic.... | |
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Someone once said that there are three kinds of lies: "lies, damned lies, and statistics. 
