[SI-LIST] Re: DesignCon quote
- From: "Zabinski, Patrick J." <zabinski.patrick@xxxxxxxx>
- To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:35:51 -0600
I found a slightly different citation on WikiQuote, which suggests
George Box and Norman Draper had two phrasings in their book Empirical
Model-Building and Response Surfaces (Wiley 1987):
"Remember that all models are wrong; the practical question is how
wrong do they have to be to not be useful."
"Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful."
I don't have a copy of this book to confirm the citation, but it seems
like most folks cite Box as the originator of the quote in this
general timeframe (late-80's).
Wherever it came from, I like it...
Pat
>
> "All models are wrong; some models are useful" is attributed
> to W. Edwards
> Deming. I have no specific citation but it's been in use for
> years now.
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