Herman Rubin wrote:
>
> 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.
And yet, many (most?) US university departments call themselves
departments of statistics rather than mathematical statistics.
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