“All models are wrong; some models are useful.”
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".
George Edward Pelham Box, né le 18 octobre 1919 à Gravesend, Kent et mort le 28 mars 2013 à Madison, Wisconsin, est un statisticien, qui a apporté d'importantes contributions aux domaines du contrôle qualité, des séries temporelles et de l'inférence bayésienne. Il a obtenu de nombreux prix dont la Shewhart Medal , un prix Samuel Wilks , la R. A. Fisher Lectureship , et la médaille Guy d'or . Wikipedia
“All models are wrong; some models are useful.”
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".
Source: Science and Statistics (1976), p. 798
Source: Science and Statistics (1976), p. 792
Statement of 1992, quoted in Introduction to Statistical Experimental Design — What is it? Why and Where is it Useful? (2002) Johan Trygg & Svante Wold
Source: Science and Statistics (1976), p. 792
Introduction, book summary
Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces (1987)
Source: Science and Statistics (1976), p. 792
I said "Nothing, I once tried to read a book about it by someone called R. A. Fisher but I didn't understand it". He said "You've read the book so you better do it", so I said, "Yes sir"
An Accidental Statistician, 2010
Source: Science and Statistics (1976), p. 791
G.E.P Box (1955); cited in: JOC/EFR (2006) " George Edward Pelham Box http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Box.html" at history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk, Nov 2006.
Source: Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces (1987), p. 74
“Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.”
Source: Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces (1987), p. 424,
Source: Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces (1987), p. 13-14 as cited in: Andrew Odlyzko (2010) Social Networks and Mathematical Models http://www.dtc.umn.edu/~odlyzko/doc/ecra.westland.pdf Electronic Commerce Research and Applications 9(1): 26-28 (2010)