Джон Тьюки цитаты

„Сочетание некоторых данных и острого желания получить ответ не гарантирует того, что из заданного массива данных может быть получен какой-либо разумный ответ.“

—  Джон Тьюки

„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.“

—  John Tukey

The future of data analysis. Annals of Mathematical Statistics 33 (1), (1962), page 13.
Вариант: "An approximate answer to the right question is worth a great deal more than a precise answer to the wrong question." "as the renowned statistician John Tukey once reportedly said," according to Super Freakonomics page 224.

„The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data.“

—  John Tukey

Sunset salvo. The American Statistician 40 (1). Online at http://www.jstor.org/pss/2683137