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John Tukey Quotes

1915–2000 United States

John Tukey (16 June 1915 – 26 July 2000) was an American statistician.

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Random John Tukey quote

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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.

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.

The tool that is so dull that you cannot cut yourself on it is not likely to be sharp enough to be either useful or helpful.

The best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone's backyard

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Tukey (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.