George E. P. Box: Wrong

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George E. P. Box: 28 quotes 1 like

“All models are wrong; some models are useful.”

George E. P. Box

For instance in George E. P. Box, William Hunter and Stuart Hunter, Statistics for Experimenters, second edition, 2005, page 440. See "All models are wrong".

“Since all models are wrong the scientist cannot obtain a "correct" one by excessive elaboration. On the contrary following William of Occam he should seek an economical description of natural phenomena. Just as the ability to devise simple but evocative models is the signature of the great scientist so overelaboration and overparameterization is often the mark of mediocrity.”

George E. P. Box

Source: Science and Statistics (1976), p. 792

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“Remember that all models are wrong; the practical question is how wrong do they have to be to not be useful.”

George E. P. Box

Source: Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces (1987), p. 74

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“Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.”

George E. P. Box

Source: Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces (1987), p. 424,