For the theory-practice iteration to work, the scientist mu… - George E. P. Box

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For the theory-practice iteration to work, the scientist must be, as it were, mentally ambidextrous; fascinated equally on the one hand by possible meanings, theories, and tentative models to be induced from data and the practical reality of the real world, and on the other with the factual implications deducible from tentative theories, models and hypotheses.

George E. P. Box

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George Edward Pelham Box (October 18, 1919 – March 28, 2013) was a British mathematician and professor of statistics at the University of Wisconsin, and a pioneer in the areas of quality control, , design of experiments and . He was the son-in-law of Sir Ronald Fisher.

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Birth Name: George Edward Pelham Box

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