" SIR - Beware statistics ("British women outlived by Slovenians", report, March 13).
A few months ago an eminent Swedish professor of statistics with a dry sense of humour made a television programme on statistics. In it, he pointed out that in Sweden, the average number of legs was 1.99 recurring, as some people had only one leg and others had none. This meant, he pointed out with a straight face, that in Sweden, the majority of the population had an above average number of legs.
Brian Clark
Teignmouth, Devon "
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