Over 48.7% of all statistics are useless.
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---Correction---
The quote in KDnuggets News 06:n22,
www.kdnuggets.com/news/2006/n22/index.html#quote
People commonly use statistics like a drunk uses a lamp post --
for support rather than illumination
was attributed to Mark Twain
but most likely came from another source
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts-for support rather
than illumination."
Andrew Lang (1844-1912), Scottish author. Quoted in The Harvest of a
Quiet Eye, Alan L. Mackay (1977).
Thanks to John Hinchman for the correction.