Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful — George E.P. Box, Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces
Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful — George E.P. Box, Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces
Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful — George E.P. Box, Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces
Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful — George E.P. Box, Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces
Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful — George E.P. Box, Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces
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Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful

— George E.P. Box, Empirical Model-Building and Response Surfaces
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