– All models are wrong but some are useful — Box G

– [Statistics is] The art and science of designing studies and analyzing the data that those studies produce. Its ultimate goal is translating data into knowledge and understanding of the world around us. In short, statistics is the art and science of learning from data — Agresti A & Franklin C

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