“Years ago a statistician might have claimed that statistics deals with the processing of data. . . to-days statistician will be more likely to say that statistics is concerned with decision making in the face of uncertainty.”
Quote by Herman Chernoff
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Herman Chernoff
Herman Chernoff is an esteemed applied statistician known for his contributions to statistical graphics and decision theory. Born on July 1, 1923, he has had a profound impact on the field of statistics. more
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