In God We Trust, All Others Must Bring Data

William Edwards Deming (1900-93), was an American statistician, lecturer ,and consultant.

I first learned about W.E.Deming quote in a visit to Infosys headquarters in Bangalore (India) in 2008. I just thought this quote was amazing and reflected on the need of individuals, organizations, media, and all sort of constituencies, to formulate opinions and decisions based on reliable data. This is exactly why the rankings, despite all their noise and flaws, play a role in business education.