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“Skepticism is always a good first response.”
― Charles Wheelan, Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data

“Statistics cannot be any smarter than the people who use them. And in some cases, they can make smart people do dumb things.”
― Charles Wheelan, Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data

“Data are to statistics what a good offensive is to a star quarterback.”
― Charles Wheelan, Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data

“Statistical malfeasance has very little to do with bad math. Judgement an integrity turn out to be surprisingly important. A detailed knowledge of statistics does not deter wrongdoing any more than a detailed knowledge of the law averts criminal behavior.”
― Charles Wheelan, Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data