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statistics observation application
Charles Dickens The bearings of this observation lays in the application of it.
statistics probability
Alan Greenspan History cannot be reduced to a set of statistics and probabilities.
statistics firsts
Edmond de Goncourt Statistics is the first of the inexact sciences.
statistics ends scissors
David Hockney The thing with high-tech is that you always end up using scissors.
statistics life-is uncertain
Arthur Eddington Human life is proverbially uncertain; few things are more certain than the solvency of a life-insurance company.
statistics theory results
Arthur Eddington It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.
statistics eyeballs rely
Arthur C. Clarke When all else failed, you had to rely on eyeball intrumentation.
statistics possibility refutation
Arthur C. Clarke It was one thing to have guessed it, another to have had that guess confirmed beyond possibility of refutation.
probability happens improbable
Aristotle It is a part of probability that many improbable things will happen.
probability consequence
B. F. Skinner The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.
probability-theory perfect expectations
George Boole Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.
probability-theory risk management
Andrew Lo Maybe we should teach schoolchildren probability theory and investment risk management.