Historia MathematicaVolume 6, Issue 1, February 1979, Pages 30-33The H.G. Wells quote on statistics: A question of accuracyAuthor links open overlay panelJames W Tankard Jr.Show moreShareCitehttps://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(79)90101-0Get rights and contentUnder an Elsevier user licenseopen archiveAbstractA widely disseminated quotation by H.G. Wells on the importance of statistics is shown to have been misrepresented.ZusammenfassungEs wird gezeigt, dass ein oft wiederholtes Zitat von H.G. Wells über die Bedeutung der Statistik falsch gegeben ist.ResumenUna muy conocida frase de H.G. Wells sobre lo importancia estatisticas ha cido mal interpretada.Previous article in issueNext article in issueRecommended articlesCited by (0)Copyright © 1979 Published by Elsevier Inc.