THE TOP TEN
REASONS TO BECOME A STATISTICIAN
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Deviation is
considered normal.
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We feel
complete and sufficient.
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We are
"mean" lovers.
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Statisticians
do it discretely and continuously.
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We are right
95% of the time.
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We can
legally comment on someone's posterior distribution.
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We may not be
normal but we are transformable.
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We never have
to say we are certain.
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We are
honestly significantly different.
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No one wants
our jobs.
PROOF THAT ALL ODD NUMBERS ARE PRIME
Mathmatician -- 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7
is prime, the rest follows by induction.
Statistician -- 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is expermental error so
throw it out, 11 is prime, 13 is prime, the rest follows by induction.
Computer Scientist -- 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is prime, ....
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