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LETTERS : The use and abuse of statistics

Gwyn Evans
Friday 23 December 1994 00:02 GMT
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From Mr Gwyn Evans Sir: About 20 years ago I heard an item on the radio, the comment made by an MP on the Minister's reply to his question: "The Minister uses statistics as a drunken man uses a lampost -more for support than for illumination."

Yours sincerely, GWYN EVANS Bristol 19 December

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