Since he held PhD's in both Mathematics and Economics from Berkeley, I am going to pose that it was not so much a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of respect for how social science presents its work (along with a sharp sense of humor).
Mark On Nov 28, 2007, at 12:19 AM, Steve Baty wrote: > On 28/11/2007, Mark Schraad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I had a professor that loved to tell us that statistics were invented >> in order to legitimize social sciences... cause they weren't 'real' >> science. >> >> Mark >> > > Mark, this just shows how little they knew about the history of > statistical > theory and practice. > > This area of study attracted some of the greatest names in > mathematics for > the past 450 years and grew out of the study of probabilities by > Cardano > (1560), Fermat and Pascal (mid-1600s). The works we use today in > the design > of quantitative studies dates back to the late 1600's and early > 1700's; and > much of the analytical techniques we use were derived and proven > during the > same period through to the late 1800's. During the latter part of > the 20th > century we saw the introduction of many of the multivariate analysis > techniques commonly used today. > > Regards, > Steve > > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
