Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

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“The only way it makes sense to end up choosing [a] blue [hat over an orange hat] is if you had a preference for the blue hat to begin with. Then you’re asking whether the evidence in favor of orange is strong enough. In other words, whether there’s enough data to change your mind. Okay, so how can you tell? Welcome to statistics.”

— Don’t waste your time on statistics, Cassie Kozyrkov, Head of Decision Intelligence, Google