On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 17:19:35 -0400, Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Lee Bell wrote:
>
>> Ahh, I can always depend on you to attack the individual when you
>> don't have anything better to offer.  Thanks.  OK, we'll have it you
>> way.  My data is useless and unconfirmed and, because I'm not a
>> statitician, any conclusions I would draw would be worthless as
>> well.  You, on the other hand, are a statistician and, therefore,
>> could certainly be expected to use data properly.
>
>As someone once said to the effect of "There are three kinds of
>falsehoods:  lies, damned lies, and statistics".

Not exactly.  It was Benjamin Desrali who said, "There are lies,
damned lies, and statistics" -- meaning the MISUSE of DATA/STATISTICS
by nonstatisticians who think they know how to gather or interpret DATA.

Do we have anybody on THIS list that fits the bill?   ;-)

-- Bob.