Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

That line REALLY irks me. I work with statistics (I would
not under any circumstances claim to be a statistician) and
I get that line thrown in my face by every should be sued
out of his socks physician that doesn't like the results of
the analysis.

It has become the refuge of incompetence...and the SOB's
feel righteous about it.

Statistics DO NOT LIE. Any more than a hammer lies. You
can use statistics in an inappropriate manner to say pretty
much what you want, but that is not the statistics.