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Statisticians, is this true? (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 months ago by cm0002@infosec.pub to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Are they constantly contradicting the advice of the rest of the mathematicians?

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[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Mathematics is a search for absolute truth, as proven from axioms.

Meanwhile, this is said about statistics: There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.

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[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Stats is technically math but it's the softest math you can imagine. A huge amount of it is data collection and interpretation. It works different parts of your brain, requires different skills than pure math

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 months ago

Statistics is a sociological discipline that is based mostly on mathematical models. Choosing your interpretation, and data collection methodology, typically means much more than the math you do on the data.

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