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the first sentence should simply define what statistics clearly is and the relationship with other disciplines such as mathematics and data science discussed later (perhaps in a dedicated section), with different points of view provided? Once I have clarity on how to proceed, it will not be difficult to add
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Thanks for the response Mgnbar. I agree that it would be interesting to add a piece to the entry dealing with both viewpoints on whether statistics is a branch of mathematics. However, I do not see why a topic on which there is not clear agreement would have any place in the first sentence? Surely,
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I'm ambivalent about adding text elsewhere about whether or not stats is a branch of mathematics. We shouldn't present controversy if there really isn't any. (And I personally find the matter semantic and pedantic. But readers do like to pin down that kind of thing.) Maybe leave it out until other
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All of this considered, I think an accurate summary of the situation is that many sources describe statistics as a science and some (one, at least) defines statistics as a branch of mathematics. I propose the following first sentence, which I think is a reasonable consensus based on these reliable
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With all due respect, I think that the first sentence does not belong in an encyclopedia. At best it is an opinion and, at worst, it is an incorrect statement. Rather than a branch of mathematics, many would argue that statistics is a discipline in its own right. Of course statistics uses
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If you are happy with this updated fist sentence, I will then mention both points---the categorization of statistics as a science or as a branch of mathematics--- later in the article along with relevant references to reliable sources. (User Oscohe forgot to
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I don't know you as an editor, so I apologize for telling you things that you already know. But please engage the issue of reliable sources now rather than later. Our job is not to say what statistics is. Our job is to summarize what reliable sources say it
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I suggest the following alternative first sentence: Statistics is the disciple that concerns the collection, visualization, exploration, analysis and modelling of data as well as the development of theory, methods and tools pertaining thereto.
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Looking at the websites of the largest organizations that represent those who actually work in the field will help reinforce the view that, within an encyclopedia, statistics should not be positioned as a branch of mathematics. Note that the
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