[R] George Box quote.

[Rolf Turner]

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
					rolf at math.unb.ca