Use of Statistics}[5th January 1991]

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‘Early exploitation of statistical materials, such as officially recorded rates of births, deaths, crimes and suicides, provided only a moderate advance in knowledge, because this approach was too capable of supporting preconceived ideas.’*

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See also (ibid)*** re Statistics: The Pearsonian Coefficient of Correlation; and Factor Analysis (reduction of numbers of causally intertwined factors).

*(my emphasis)

Caveat emptor!

**– ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 27:382]

***– ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 27:] 382-383

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