Statistician In Training Gifts

'I was up twice and got one hit, which gives me an lifetime average of 500!'

"I'd say we were pretty much on target."

Fear/Knowledge

'According to our statistics department, 78.93 of the statistics they produce are worthless.'

"Right about here there was a flattening of the curve. . ."

The Bookworm

Santa sits in front of computers with naughty data and nice data screens.

'How can we believe anything when we can disprove everything?'

"If i were to kiss you then there is a 17% probability that we might get married and that has a 24% likelihood that we'd have children with a 34% change of divorce...I'm not sure I can risk it."

"Actual results indicate that the statistical analysis of the data which projections were based on may have been wrong."

'1,2,3 4,5,6 7,8,9...'It's the little things that count.(little figurines counting).

'How's everyone doing tonight - that is the question.'

"Right, before we look at the covid figures for today, do we need another sheet of paper?"

"I always check twitter before work, to see if yesterday's joke got me the sack."

"...Our extensive in house survey found that 82% of you think in house surveys are a waste of time."

"If x is the set of all men that love you, then I am a member of x."

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

"Good invisible exports figures this quarter, sir."

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

"This is a test. This is only a test. IF this had been the real world it'd be your job you'd be fighting for, not a letter of the alphabet."

"Exactly how undecided would you say you were at this precise moment?"

"Let's get married, Miss Harris, and have 2.8 children!"

'There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. We're looking for someone who can make all three of these work for us.'

John Venn Speaks...' Just don't include me in an of those diagrams, if you don't mind.'

"Six out of ten statisticians prefer to be in the majority."

Granny with balanced pie chart

"I guess when your husband dies you'll really understand what they mean by a statistical death."

'Can't he ever use a different kind of chart?'

Real data visualization specialists are 100% committed to their profession.

'85.4% of people use phony statistics to get their point across.'

'Of students surveyed, 64% prefer English and 32% prefer math. The fact that these numbers do not add up to 100 may help explain why.'