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John Tukey was an outstanding statistician, born on June 16, 1915, and passed away on July 26, 2000. He made significant contributions to the field of statistics, particularly in exploratory data analysis, non-parametric statistics, and computer science.

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“An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem.”

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“The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see.”

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Book:Exploratory Data Analysis

Source: Exploratory Data Analysis

“This is my favorite part about analytics: Taking boring flat data and bringing it to life through visualization.”

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“Visualization is often used for evil - twisting insignificant data changes and making them look meaningful. Don't do that crap if you want to be my friend. Present results clearly and honestly. If something isn't working - those reviewing results need to know.”

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“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.”

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“In a single sentence the moral is: admit that complexity always increases, first from the model you fit to the data, thence to the model you use to think about and plan about the experiment and its analysis, and thence to the true situation.”

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“There is no data that can be displayed in a pie chart, that cannot be displayed BETTER in some other type of chart.”

Author:John Tukey

About the Author

Born: June 16, 1915
Died: July 26, 2000
Known for: Statistician
Quotes: 18

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Exploratory Data AnalysisRelated source material

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