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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.”

Quote by John Tukey

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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. more

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