About National Statistics Day 2024

• Date: June 29, 2025
• Purpose: To create public awareness about the role of statistics in socio-economic planning and policy formulation
• Honors: Professor P.C. Mahalanobis, the father of Indian statistics

National Statistics Day Quotes

1. “Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the triumph of the human spirit in its most rational mood.” — P.C. Mahalanobis

2. “In God we trust, all others must bring data.” — W. Edwards Deming

3. “Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.” — W. Edwards Deming

4. “Statistics is the science of learning from data, and of measuring, controlling, and communicating — Marie Davidian uncertainty.”

5. “The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone’s backyard.” — John Tukey

6. “Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.” — Clifford Stoll

7. “Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write.” — H.G. Wells

8. “Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.” — Aaron Levenstein

9. “The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight.” — Carly Fiorina

10. “Numbers have an important story to tell. They rely on you to give them a clear and convincing voice.” — Stephen Few