Sentence examples for decent statistics from inspiring English sources

Good ideas; but without decent statistics, how can ministers hope to prove it?

That would be Al Nixon, an outfielder with decent statistics for the Brooklyn Robins, Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies from 1915 to 1928, whose nickname was Humpty Dumpty, and who was born with this full name: Albert Richard Nixon.

The government does not produce decent statistics on the class background of students, so it knows little of how its money to widen access is spent, and the relationship between universities and local schools is random.

This approach would lead to decent statistics for a study of, say, the fiscal consequences of physician emigration; the vast majority of African-trained doctors are trained with public funds.

In order to enable both coverage of enough speckles for statistics and decent spatial resolution in the DOPU images, evaluation window sizes of 100 (x) × 16 (z) µm (i.e., 8 (x) × 5 (z) and 16 (x) × 5 (z) pixels, respectively) were chosen.

But if that's a little specific, let's frame it more broadly: good governments insist on the decent and truthful use of statistics.

The picture was half decent, and all of the statistics were correct.

While it is true there are successful ones who can making a decent living from small farming, statistics indicate those might be the anomalies who have tapped into a special niche in a particular location that is hard to copy.

After decent first-quarter figures, Insee, the national statistics body, forecasts GDP growth in 2011 of 2.1%—higher than the government's own estimate.

You don't need a master's degree in statistics; a smart intern or decent marketing consultant can do it.

All the relevant statistics argue that he has a decent shot.