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John Tukey Quotes

This is my favorite part about analytics: Taking boring flat data and bringing it to life through visualization Picture Quote #1

To be able to say that if we change our point of view in the following way ... things are simpler is always a gain Picture Quote #1

Numerical quantities focus on expected values, graphical summaries on unexpected values Picture Quote #1

Be approximately right rather than exactly wrong Picture Quote #1

The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data Picture Quote #1

An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem Picture Quote #1

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The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see Picture Quote #1

Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise Picture Quote #1

The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone’s backyard Picture Quote #1

In a single sentence the moral is: admit that complexity always increases, first from the model you fit to the data, thence to the model you use to think about and plan about the experiment and its analysis, and thence to the true situation Picture Quote #1

It’s better to solve the right problem approximately than to solve the wrong problem exactly Picture Quote #1

I know of no person or group that is taking nearly adequate advantage of the graphical potentialities of the computer Picture Quote #1

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An approximate answer to the right question is worth a great deal more than a precise answer to the wrong question Picture Quote #1

Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise Picture Quote #1

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This is my favorite part about analytics: Taking boring flat data and bringing it to life through visualization (John Tukey Quotes) To be able to say that if we change our point of view in the following way ... things are simpler is always a gain. (John Tukey Quotes) Numerical quantities focus on expected values, graphical summaries on unexpected values (John Tukey Quotes) Be approximately right rather than exactly wrong (John Tukey Quotes) The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data (John Tukey Quotes) An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem (John Tukey Quotes) The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see (John Tukey Quotes) Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise (John Tukey Quotes) The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone’s backyard (John Tukey Quotes) In a single sentence the moral is: admit that complexity always increases, first from the model you fit to the data, thence to the model you use to think about and plan about the experiment and its analysis, and thence to the true situation (John Tukey Quotes) It’s better to solve the right problem approximately than to solve the wrong problem exactly (John Tukey Quotes) I know of no person or group that is taking nearly adequate advantage of the graphical potentialities of the computer (John Tukey Quotes) An approximate answer to the right question is worth a great deal more than a precise answer to the wrong question (John Tukey Quotes) Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise (John Tukey Quotes)