From rcreecy@census.gov  Thu Jun 15 21:13:25 2000
From: rcreecy@census.gov (Rob Creecy)
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:13:25 -0400
Subject: [Rd] Lies, damn lies, and statistics
References: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10006151411360.8403-100000@sunflower.bio.indiana.edu>
Message-ID: <394938E5.CA845487@census.gov>

In the documentation for data.entry, R-1.1.0 the description reads:

A spreadsheet-lie editor for entering or editing data. 

Perhaps we shouldn't encourage users to lie with statistics any more
than they already do? It seems especially egregious to lie when entering
data.

Rob Creecy
Census Bureau
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[Rd] Lies, damn lies, and statistics
Rob Creecy