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Relevant quotes

December 16, 2024 |

Some relevant Sherlock Holmes quotes, included at the beginning of each chapter of the brilliant statistics textbook Statistical Inference (Second Edition) by Casella and Berger:

"How do all these unusuals strike you, Watson?"
"Their cumulative effect is quite considerable, and yet each of them is quite possible in itself."

"I confess that I have been blind as a mole, but it is better to learn wisdom late than never at all."

"You can, for example, never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant. So says the statistician."

"We want something more than mere theory and preaching."

"I’m afraid that I rather give myself away when I explain. Results without causes are much more impressive."

"We are suffering from a plethora or surmise, conjecture, and hypothesis. The difficulty is to detach the framework of fact - of absolute undeniable fact - from the embellishments of theorists and reporters."

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