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common aphorism in statistics

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Springer Science+Business Media

statistical model

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society)

International Standard Book Number

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scientific modeling

Princeton University Press

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maximum likelihood estimation

philosophy of science

Akaike information criterion

map–territory relation

goodness of fit

model specification

scientific method

George E. P. Box

Model-dependent realism

lie-to-children

mathematical economics

Regression validation

intrinsic value

glossary of climate change

parametric statistics

relationship between mathematics and physics

model selection

financial modeling

statistical model

exception that proves the rule

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official statistics

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Standard social science model

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