- ISASTATISTICS FOR ECONOMICS APPENDIX B ‘TABLE OF TWO-DIGIT RANDOM NUMBERSAPPENDIX (Cont.)‘Wuar Tuey Say Statistics are no substitute for judgement. Henry Clay I abhor averages, | like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of three meals, per day, but that is not a good way to live. Louis D. Brandies ‘The weather man is never wrong. Suppose he says that there’s an 80% chance of rain. If it rains, the 80% chance came up, if it doesn't, the 20% chance come up. Saul Barron ‘The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic, Joseph Stalin When she told me I was average, she was just being mean. Mike Beckman Why is a physician held in much higher esteem than a statistician? A physician makes an analysis of a complex illness whereas a statistician makes you ill with a complex analysis! Gary C. Ramseyer