The Sound of Statistics

Ee why is ee ...
ee why given axe.
But var ee why given acts,
plus ee vary given ex,
is but var of why!


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Statisticians make a different kind of noise in the following example.
Say statisticians A,B and C each made 20 guesses of your life savings.
· A is mostly inaccurate, but accurate on the average.
· B is accurate most of the time, but not on the average.
· C can report any answer you fancy, by revising "prior knowledge".
Then A will protest that B makes biased guesses. C will accuse A and B of being unprincipled. In return C will be savaged for being a fundamentalist. Go figure...