Personally I find this almost as depressing as the book title originally
quoted. Yes, statistics uses lots of mathematical ideas and techniques
(which is why the book title is depressing) but that doesn't mean it's part
of maths, any more than physics or economics or decision analysis or ...
are part of maths. (Well, that's my view anyway.)
Regards,
Kevin McConway
----- Original Message -----
From: "Luis Martinez" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 29 October 2003 16:51
Subject: Re: Is anyone else as depressed by this book title as I am?
> Well, what could you say?
>
> Statistics has always been a part of Maths, which shows how ignorant some
> people are. It's a discipline of Maths like so many others, Geometry,
> Algebra or Analysis. Certainly depressing.
>
> Luis Martinez
>
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