Re: REQUEST: deming (?) quote

[David Kerridge <dfkerridge@mac.com>]

At 8:54 am -0400 30/8/01, WILLIAMS, Dennis wrote:
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>I'm preparing an internal seminar on applications of statistics within our
>company.  I have a vague, possibly incorrect, memory of a quote, possibly
>from Deming, that was something like, "He who understands statistics can
>control the world."

Like Frank Voehl, I think that sounds most unlike Deming. My view is
that he who understands statistics will be extremely lonely.



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David

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