In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andreas Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What is (are) the difference(s) between Statistics and Mathematical
>Statistics?

Mathematical statistics is the basis of whatever statistical
methods are used correctly, if you mean the general subject
of statistics.

The word "statistics" is also used for data collected.  This
is not based on mathematical statistics.
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Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399
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