Here’s a view from Prof. Habito.
I believe statistics are just numbers with properties that give headaches to students of applied math. Numbers have no personality or will to concoct a falsehood.
For example, I’ve wondered how statisticians can confidently say that their sample surveys have a 3% error rate? How did they get so confident? A prize awaits any of my current and former students who can enlighten me on this one.
