Far better an approximate answer to the right question, whi… - John Tukey

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Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague, than an exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise.

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John Tukey (16 June 1915 – 26 July 2000) was an American statistician.

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Birth Name: John Wilder Tukey

Alternative Names: John W. Tukey • John W Tukey

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