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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html