Quotes About Accuracy

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Eyes directly above the target line, slightly behind the ball, to ensure you swing along the target line.

environmental scientists, journalists, and activists have an obligation to describe environmental problems honestly and accurately, even if they fear doing so will reduce their news value or salience with the public.

The middle sort of historians (of which the most part are) spoil all; they will chew our meat for us.

Most people see themselves as either better than they really are or worse than they really are, with an imbalanced focus on the positive or the negative. Humility means we see ourselves accurately, accept the way we have been created, and celebrate our uniqueness.

accurately setting and managing expectations.

Because the estimate for each feature is made relative to the estimates for other features, it does not matter if our estimates are correct, a little incorrect, or a lot incorrect. What matters is that they are consistent.

The cone of uncertainty shows that during the feasibility phase of a project a schedule estimate is typically as far off as 60% to 160%. That is, a project expected to take 20 weeks could take anywhere from 12 to 32 weeks. After the requirements are written, the estimate might still be off +/- 15% in either direction. So an estimate of 20 weeks means work that takes 17 to 23 weeks. Figure 1.1. The cone of uncertainty narrows as the project progresses.

The snap judgments we make about people are remarkably valid.

There must be satisfaction gained in accurately naming the thing that torments you.

Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought to consider the fact that these histories have been written by men, who never tell the truth except by accident.

It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.

For me, journalism means being the first witness to tell the truth to the public. Going beyond your own opinions.

The point is this. Paul's letters are highly energetic. Filling translations of his works with stodgy, chewy words and phrases will give the reader indigestion. They may be 'accurate' in one sense, but they are inaccurate in another. Such challenges mean that translation remains exciting, demanding and never-ending.

It is manifest that the existence of unstable conditions renders impossible the prediction of future events, if our knowledge of the present state is only approximate and not accurate.3

Every history book, no matter how ostensibly objective, is basically lies filtered through bias and a certain amount of relative ignorance.

statistics, like any tool, don't work well in all cases and conditions and like any tool can be used well or badly

Balance was interpreted, it seems, as giving equal weight to both sides, rather than giving accurate weight to both sides.

When you develop your opinions on the basis of weak evidence, you will have difficulty interpreting subsequent information that contradicts these opinions, even if this new information is obviously more accurate.

the great statistician Frederick Mosteller had a point when he said, "It is easy to lie with statistics, but it is easier to lie without them." Nevertheless, there are some steps you can take to, as Huff put it, "talk back to a statistic." Among the biggies recommended by many scientists is to ask a simple question: Does the figure, finding, or correlation make sense, that is, accord with what you know of objective reality?

A lot of journalism wants to have what they call objectivity without them having a commitment to pursuing the truth, but that doesn't work. Objectivity requires belief in and a commitment toward pursuing the truth - having an object outside of our personal point of view.

In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right.

When you try to predict future E.R.A.'s with past E.R.A.'s, you're making a mistake.

We must keep in mind the story of the statistician who drowned while trying to wade across a river with an average depth of four feet.