MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Quotes

[Laurence Horn]

On Mar 5, 2013, at 10:18 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole wrote:

> Here is the text from the Reader’s Digest that I neglected to include
> with my previous message. Andrew Lang is the man to beat if you want
> to give credit to someone else.
>
> [ref] 1937 April, Reader’s Digest, Volume 30, Toward a More
> Picturesque Speech, Quote Page 60, The Reader’s Digest Association.
> (Verified on paper)[/ref]
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts – for support
> rather than for illumination (Andrew Lang)
> [End excerpt]
>
> Here is a link to Barry's web page with valuable information:
>
> http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/politicians_use_statistics_as_a_drunken_man_uses_lampposts_for_support_not/
>
I wonder if that's the same drunk who's looking for the keys that he lost two blocks away under that same lamppost because the light is so much better there.

LH

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