George Box Quotes
Best Response Surfaces, Mixtures, and Ridge Analyses Quotes by George Box
Response Surfaces, Mixtures, and Ridge Analyses Quotes
“All models are approximations. Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful. However, the approximate nature of the model must always be borne in mind.”
“All models are wrong, but some are useful.”
“Remember that all models are wrong; the practical question is how wrong do they have to be to not be useful.”
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“Equally subjective is the 'appreciation' of the number of fatalities. When are there many victims?
According to The Lancet, the flu kills between 290,000 and 640,000 each year. Another nice point of comparison: according to a scientific publication Roussel, published this year, viral lung diseases make almost 3 million victims every year. The viruses that make the victims differ slightly every year, but the total number of victims normally does not.
It remains to be seen if this year will be different. If we compare the current number of victims with that, it all seems less bad. Of course, no one knows how bad it will eventually get.
The point I want to make is the following: numbers ultimately provide little guidance and are absolutely open to subjective interpretation, and that is certainly the case during the corona crisis.”
