Science and Statistics

Excerpts

Since all models are wrong the scientist must be alert to what is importantly wrong. It is inappropriate to be concerned about mice when there are tigers abroad.

— Page 792

Reference

George E. P. Box “Science and Statistics” (1976) DOI: 10.2307/2286841

@Article{box1976,
  title = {Science and Statistics},
  volume = {71},
  issn = {0162-1459},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2286841},
  doi = {10.2307/2286841},
  number = {356},
  journal = {Journal of the American Statistical Association},
  publisher = {JSTOR},
  author = {Box, George E. P.},
  year = {1976},
  month = {dec},
  pages = {791}
}