Wittkowsky counters that Swift's satiric use of statistical analysis is an effort to enhance his satire that "springs from a spirit of bitter mockery, not from the delight in calculations for their own sake".
wɪtkˈaʊski kˈaʊntɚz ðæt swˈɪfts sɐtˈɪɹɪk jˈuːs ʌv stɐtˈɪstɪkəl ɐnˈæləsˌɪs ɪz ɐn ˈɛfɚt tʊ ɛnhˈæns hɪz sˈæɾaɪɚ ðˈæt "spɹˈɪŋz fɹʌm ɐ spˈɪɹɪt ʌv bˈɪɾɚ mˈɑːkɚɹi, nˌɑːt fɹʌmðə dᵻlˈaɪt ɪn kˌælkjʊlˈeɪʃənz fɔːɹ ðɛɹ ˈoʊn sˈeɪk".