On 14 Apr 2004 at 12:03, Peter Flom wrote: . . . > > The whole study brings to mind two quotes (both, I believe, from > George Box, but I have also seen other attributions) > > 1. > > Hiring a statistician after your data has been collected is like > hiring a physician when the patient is in the morgue. He may be able > to tell you what went wrong, but he is unlikely to be able to fix it. > > 2 > > An approximate solution to the right problem is much better than an > exact solution to the wrong problem.
I think this was Tukey. By the way, this has been an interesting discussion to follow! Kjetil Halvorsen > > > Hope this helps, though I am afraid it won't..... > > Peter > > Peter L. Flom, PhD > Assistant Director, Statistics and Data Analysis Core > Center for Drug Use and HIV Research > National Development and Research Institutes > 71 W. 23rd St > www.peterflom.com > New York, NY 10010 > (212) 845-4485 (voice) > (917) 438-0894 (fax) > > > . > . > ================================================================= > Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the > problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . > http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . > ================================================================= . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
