Friday, March 05, 2010

Think like a statistician – without the math | FlowingData

Finally, and this is the most important thing I've learned, always ask why. When you see a blip in a graph, you should wonder why it's there. If you find some correlation, you should think about whether or not it makes any sense. If it does make sense, then cool, but if not, dig deeper. Numbers are great, but you have to remember that when humans are involved, errors are always a possibility.

Asking questions, learning, inspiration, creativity, how are they different? Can we have any without the other?

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