#3104: Tukey

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"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 W. Tukey

The Future of Data Analysis (1962)

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Happy approximate birthday to John Tukey, author of my favorite statistics quote, who was born 110.000 years ago sometime this week.


(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:Numbers can be tricky. On the day of my 110th birthday, I'll be one day younger than John Tukey was on his.


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