Is that 'Humerous' as in funny-bone ?
--On 06 December 2002 14:37 +0000 "Lambourne Adrian (5GK) HIS-HERTS"
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> Thanks to all who responded.
> Andrew Lang was coming out the winner but with no clear reference.
> Just received the following which probably clinches it
>
>
>> From a dictionary of statistics quotations ("Statistically Speaking",
> ed. CG Gaither & AE Cavazos-Gaither), the source is Andrew Lang "quoted in
> Evan Esar's 'The Dictionary of Humerous Quotations'". The exact quote
> given here is
>
> He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather
> than illumination.
>
>
> Thanks to Richard Stevens for that
>
>
> Adrian
> Adrian Lambourne
> Head of Health Information
> Hertfordshire Health Informatics Service (HHIS)
> Tel 01707 361 221
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lambourne Adrian (5GK) HIS-HERTS
> Sent: 06 December 2002 12:59
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> Subject: RE: Just for fun
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>
> On a similar subject, does anyone know the origin of the expression
>
> "Statistics are like a lamp-post to a drunken man - more for leaning on
> than illumination"
>
>
> Adrian
> Adrian Lambourne
> Head of Health Information
> Hertfordshire Health Informatics Service (HHIS)
> Tel 01707 361 221
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 06 December 2002 12:30
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Just for fun
>
>
> One of my students assures me that the interquartile range is "often
> used as a measure of depression".
>
> Martin
>
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Steve Taylor
Division of Statistics & O.R.
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Liverpool
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