[R] George Box quote.
Rolf Turner
rolf at math.unb.ca
Tue Jun 8 17:46:35 CEST 2004
Doug Bates wrote:
> As George Box would tell us,
>
> You have a big approximation and a small approximation. The big
> approximation is your approximation to the problem you want to
> solve. The small approximation is involved in getting the solution
> to the approximate problem.
I asked Prof. Bates if he had a source or citation for that quote.
(I love it, and would like to make use of it.) He said no. Can
anyone out there give me a reference to it?
Thanks.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
rolf at math.unb.ca
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