Friday, April 22, 2011

All Models Are Wrong But Some Are Useful

“All Models Are Wrong But Some Are Useful” -George Box

George E.P. Box, Robustness in the strategy of scientific model building, page 202 of Robustness in Statistics, R.L. Launer and G.N. Wilkinson, Editors. 1979.

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  1. This quotation is really cool!

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