Figures don’t lie, but liars figure. - Samuel Clemens (alias Mark Twain) "The weather man is never wrong. The problem is, people do not pay attention to the context, just the numbers. Football Statistics for popular betting markets, we have stats from 130 leagues from around the world including the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga and lots more. Second, it is violently opposed. This past AEA conference there was a panel session (that I unfortunately couldn’t attend) with a great spin on that line: “Statistics Never Lie, But Liars Use Statistics, and Damned Liars Simply Make Up the Numbers”. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Switch camera. In fact, the (famous) top 1 percent of income earners took home 24 percent of the total national income in 2010, while the top 10 percent took home 49 percent. In fact, some students only take statistics because they have to (e.g., to "Figures don't lie, but liars figure." The story of the data, as noted above, is where statistics can be helpful or misleading. Statistics may never lie, but that does not mean that they are not biased . There are several other examples from the 1880s and 1890s of different wordings of what is the same thought, that is, the distrust of misleadingly interpreted statistical data. Liars sometimes even make up statistics. Suppose he says that there's an 80% chance of rain. Football statsdontlie 2021-02-22T00:07:00+00:00. "Most people use statistics the way a drunk uses a lamp post, more for support than enlightenment." First, it is ridiculed. They say that statistics don't lie, and while that may be true, liars do use statistics. Statistics being reported by a candidate, a campaign, or other partisan stakeholders should not be accepted at face value without further scrutiny. This trope covers all instances of Artistic License – Statistics where someone manipulates statistics to present a misleading picture of the truth. Albert Einstein also made a highly recognizable quote related to statistics. To avoid this, cancel and sign in to YouTube on your computer. A good liar will come up with biased or unfair statistics to support their claim. 2 INTERMEDIATE STATISTICS can’t lie, but liars sure can figure.” His hunch, and his fear, was that “you can prove anything with statistics.” To put this a little differently, a surpris - ing number of thoughtful, intelligent students are thumbs-down on statis - tics. Truth First Three. (Clemens) There are lies. See all replies. Statistics don’t lie; people do. Cancel. Videos you watch may be added to the TV's watch history and influence TV recommendations. Stats include both teams to score, over 2.5 goals, corners, cards, btts both halves and everything in between. The two quotes are among my favorites. Information is easy to come by, and readily verified, but it is critical to differentiate between well-substantiated facts and partisan half-truths. - Saul Barron Confirm. There are certainly numerous earlier examples that approximate to the phrase - "a fib, a lie and statistics" (1891), "simple liars, damned liars and experts" (1885) etc. If it rains, the 80% chance came up; if it doesn't, the 20% chance came up!" It is said that statistics don't lie, statisticians do. Arthur Schopenhauer. The best way to be able to tell the difference is by performing research. In … Based on this book, though, I might amend it to “Statistics don’t lie that much …” He said, “figures don’t lie, but people who figure figures, do.” I immediately recognized what he said as a variation of a quote accredited to Samuel Clemens. Recent Video.