He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than for illumination.

  • -- Andrew Lang 安德鲁·朗格

他使用统计数据,就像醉汉使用灯柱一样——用来支撑而不是照明。

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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word "census," and people fall asleep.

当然,去年我们做了一集关于人口普查和抽样与直接统计的对比。你刚说“人口普查”,人们就睡着了。

There are lies, damned lies and statistics.

有谎言,该死的谎言和统计数字。