Talk:Lies, damned lies, and statistics

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I believe the phrase "Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics" was originated by Leonard Courtney (Lord Courtney); see my web page

http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/lies.htm

Peter M Lee (math16@york.ac.uk)


Your argument looks pretty persuasive. Why not write it up into a one-paragraph summary and include it in the article? Maybe we should remove the Disraeli reference from the intro, as well. - DavidWBrooks 17:11, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)#

That would be Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith Jooler 09:27, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

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