The idea that statisticians can then capture an objective reality isn't just impossible.

统计学家能够捕捉到客观现实的想法并非不可能（实现）。

The SBoRE panel will then find external statisticians to review these manuscripts.

然后，SBoRE 小组将找到外部统计人员来审查这些手稿。

So statisticians were called in to help.

在此情势下，统计学家们被召集近来帮忙解决问题。

But one group of statisticians begs to differ.

而日前的一组统计学家却有不同看法。

That is what European statisticians have done.

欧洲的统计学家就是这样做的。

The new breed of statisticians tackle that problem.

新一代的统计学家让这一问题迎刃而解。

One problem was what statisticians call selection bias.

一个问题被统计学家称作选择偏见。

Of course, good statisticians have warned against this error.

当然，优秀的统计学家已就这一错误提出了警告。

Statisticians at Oregon State University have done just that.

美国俄勒冈州立大学的统计学家已做到了这点。

In 2002 the statisticians' forecasts were also too pessimistic.

在2002年时，专家的预测仍然过于悲观。

JP Morgan statisticians knew that company debt defaults are connected.

摩根大通的统计专家认识到，公司债务的违约是相关的。

"Torture the data long enough and they will confess to anything," statisticians quip.

“数据如果被折磨够久的话也会屈打成招，”统计师此言妙哉。

Some statisticians would say it is just a coincidence that over time will be evened out.

一些数据统计者认为这只是一个巧合，随着时间的推移，这个数字将持平。

Ominously for the statisticians, the recall errors of those with tumours increased with time.

对统计学家更不利的是，时间越久记忆错误越多。

The principle is not peculiar to psychology. It has been recognised by statisticians for decades.

这个原理不仅仅用于心理学，在统计学中也被认同也有数十年了。

Some statisticians argue for a tougher standard of proof when researchers are fishing in large data sets.

一些统计学家认为，研究人员在分析大量数据时应该采取更为严格的证明标准。

The statisticians took the average of the figures for the whole year including holidays and weekends.

统计学家们把全年的数字累加起来算出平均数，其中包括假期和周末。

People who are allowed to do that, statisticians have noted, tend to earn more than those who aren't.

统计表明，那些被允许这样做的人们比那些没有的趋向于获得更多。

The statisticians took the average of the figures for the whole year including holidays and weekends。

统计学家们把全年的数字累加起来算出平均数，其中包括假期和周末。

The first is money. Luring statisticians away from the fleshpots of high finance means paying them well.

第一就是资金，要避免那些统计员受到金钱物质的诱惑就得付以高薪。

Statisticians also caution that strong correlations of data do not necessarily prove a cause-and-effect link.

统计学家也告诫称数据间有密切联系并不足以证明两者有因果关系。

For instance, in recent years, how statisticians determine who is unemployed has been the root of much debate.

例如，近些年统计学家如何判定一个人失业就已经成为了很多争论的根源。

Statisticians trawl through the vast quantities of data these surveys produce rather as miners panning for gold.

数据学家们像矿工找寻金子一样查阅了这些调查的大量数据。

Since the statisticians lack a direct measure of housing costs for homeowners, they impute a cost based on rents.

因为统计学家缺乏一个直接衡量房屋拥有者的住房成本的手段，只能以房租为基础进行估算。

If statisticians in Britain get their way, for instance, the census planned for next year could be the country's last.

举个例子，如果英国的统计学家们成功的话，规划的明年的，将是英国最后一次传统人口普查。

The nice balance between individual thought and group collaboration helps the day go by quickly for statisticians.

对于统计员而言，个人想法和群组合作的美妙平衡使时光过得飞快。