Analyzing data: Sanctification or detective work?

by John W Tukey · 1969
DOI: 10.1037/h0027108

Excerpts

It may well be true that “plot and eye” is the most diverse channel to the human mind. Not that it transmits more bits per second, but rather that it will transmit a greater variety of messages on unexpected topics easily and rapidly. There really seems to be no substitute for “looking at the data.”

— Page 83

Reference

John W Tukey “Analyzing data: Sanctification or detective work?" (1969) DOI: 10.1037/h0027108

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  title = {Analyzing data: Sanctification or detective work?},
  volume = {24},
  issn = {0003-066X},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0027108},
  doi = {10.1037/h0027108},
  number = {2},
  journal = {American Psychologist},
  publisher = {American Psychological Association (APA)},
  author = {Tukey, John W},
  year = {1969},
  month = {feb},
  pages = {83–91}
}