Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.
— George E. P.…
Quotes
Words of wisdom from some bright people.
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Incorrect
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Statisticians don’t program?
We’re statisticians. We don’t program.
— Anonymous statisticianI was talking to a…
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An approximate answer
Far better an approximate answer to the right question, which is often vague,…
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Visualizing data: ask a question first
There is no way to think up an original and extraordinary design—it can…
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A Defense of the Unknown in Infographics
“We’re inventors – we’re creators. And that’s the most important thing about what we do.”
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Twitter’s Creative Director on Why He Left Google
I’m thankful for the opportunity I had to work at Google. I learned…
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Google’s Chief Economist Hal Varian on Statistics and Data
I keep saying the sexy job in the next ten years will be…
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Flickr Operations Engineer Manager on Graphs and Data Obsession
We’re quite addicted to data pr0n here at Flickr. We’ve got graphs for…
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Steve Jobs on Design
Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like……
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Martin Wattenberg On Visualizing Large Textual Data
Martin Wattenberg, one of the creators of Many Eyes, in reply to “Why…
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Lisa Simpson on Happiness vs Intelligence
As intelligence goes up, happiness goes down. See, I made a graph. I…
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H. G. Wells on Quantitative Thinking
The time may not be very remote when it will be understood that…
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Leland Wilkinson on Bloatware
I have not yet achieved that elusive zero-byte graphics program, but I do…
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Lisa Jevbratt on the Sublime in Data Visualization
We look up at the starry sky and we sense a fear of…
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Wise Words from John Tukey
The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice…