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John Tukey Quotes
John Tukey
American
Scientist
Born:
Jun 16
,
1915
Died:
Jul 26
,
2000
Answer
Approximate
Expected
Far
Focus
Worth
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The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see.
John Tukey
Value
Picture
See
Never
Forces
Greatest
Expected
Us
Notice
Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.
John Tukey
Better
Made
Right Question
Approximate
Exact
Wrong
Answer
Always
Question
Than
Precise
Often
Which
Far
Right
Vague
In rating ease of description as very important, we are essentially asserting a belief in quantitative knowledge - a belief that most of the key questions in our world sooner or later demand answers to 'by how much?' rather than merely to 'in which direction?'
John Tukey
Knowledge
World
Key
Important
Our
Later
Ease
Our World
Rather
Direction
Rating
Merely
Sooner
Demand
Sooner Or Later
Most
Quantitative
How
Answers
How Much
Questions
Very
Than
Essentially
Which
Much
Description
Belief
Asserting
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