Re: Probability Theory--A Science?
From: Bjørn-Helge Mevik (usenet4_at_mevik.net)
Date: 02/03/05
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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 16:08:14 +0100
Einar Andreas Rødland writes:
> Probability theory and statistics (the theory at least) are both
> branches of mathematics.
No. Statistics is a `heavy' user of mathematics, but it is not a branch
of mathematics. Statistics is founded on extra-mathematical concepts like
`probability', and uses mathematical models to describe these concepts
(e.g. measure theory to describe probability).
(I know that Einar is a mathematician. I used to be, and at that time
I also thought of statistics as a branch of mathematics. Now I know
better. :-)
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