Quotes About Analysis

when a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation.

man who wrote it was presumably well to do," I remarked, endeavouring to imitate my companion's processes. "Such paper could not be bought under half a crown a packet. It is peculiarly strong and stiff." "Peculiar—that is the very word," said Holmes. "It is not an English paper

capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

Es un craso error teorizar antes de tener datos. Inconscientemente, uno empieza a moldear los hechos para que se ajusten a las teorías, en lugar de ajustar las teorías a los hechos.

Esto sí es un misterio. ¿Qué cree que significa? —Aún no dispongo de esos datos. Es un error capital teorizar antes de disponer de información. Sin darse cuenta, uno empieza a deformar los hechos para que se ajusten a las teorías, en lugar de ajustar las teorías a los hechos.

From a drop of water, said the writer, a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other. So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a single link of it. Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and Analysis is one which can only be acquired by long and patient study nor is life long enough to allow any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it.

Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and Analysis is one which can only be acquired by long and patient study nor is life long enough to allow any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it.

All knowledge comes useful to the detective," remarked Holmes.

Casi todo el mundo, ante una sucesión de hechos, acertará a colegir qué se sigue de ellos... Los distintos acontecimientos son percibidos por la inteligencia, en la que, ya organizados, apuntan a un resultado. A partir de éste, sin embargo, pocas gentes saben recorrer el camino contrario, es decir, el de los pasos cuya sucesión condujo al punto final. A semejante virtud deductiva llamo razonar hacia atrás o analíticamente

No data yet," he answered. "It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.

Data! data! data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay.

Data! data! data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay.

solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backward.

I can see nothing," said I, handing it back to my friend. "On the contrary, Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see. You are too timid in drawing your inferences.

In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backwards. That

racy, his cold eyes glitter into ardent life, and his Don

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

É um grande erro teorizar antes de ter todos os indícios. Prejudica o raciocínio.

There was but one problem before the public which could challenge his powers of analysis, and that was the singular disappearance of the favorite for the Wessex Cup, and the tragic murder of its trainer.

Es una equivocación garrafal elaborar teorías antes de disponer de todos los elementos de juicio, porque así es como éste se tuerse en un determinado sentido.

When a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation. (Sherlock)

Es un error emitir teorías antes de tener datos

With a keen eye for details, one truth prevails.

Still, it is an error to argue in front of your data. You find yourself insensibly twisting them round to fit your theories.