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IQ's Corner
Friday, May 13, 2005
Quote to note - purpose of models
"The purpose of models is not to fit the data but to sharpen the questions"
•Samuel Karlin, 11th R. A. Fisher Memorial Lecture, Royal Society, April 20, 1983
1 comment:
Joseph Claeys
said...
Nice one!
Here's another:
"When evaluating a model, at least two broad standards are relevant. One is whether the model is consistent with the data. The other is whether the model is consistent with the 'real world.'" --Kenneth A. Bollen, Structural Equations with Latent Variables
1 comment:
Nice one!
Here's another:
"When evaluating a model, at least two broad standards are relevant. One is whether the model is consistent with the data. The other is whether the model is consistent with the 'real world.'"
--Kenneth A. Bollen, Structural Equations with Latent Variables
~joe
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