For this reason, we use "or" in the title of this book, where Twain/Disraeli used "and," to underline how we are thinking of statistics, correctly applied, as standing in opposition to lies and damned lies. We contend that statistics are not a type of lie, but rather, when used carefully, are an alternative to lying. "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
Mark Twain’s autobiography modestly questions his own reporting of the numbers of hours per day he sat down to write, and of the number of words he wrote in that time, saying:įigures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of themmyself in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force:
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