Question

Is statistics mathematics or science? defend your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

There are few kind of statistics: first of all - Mathematiсal statistics. This is quite a mathematical science.

Its applications widely used in many branches of science. First of all (for me) in measurement theory. When used correctly, there is no objection to this science and its methods.

The use in the so-called "social sciences", primarily in sociology, raises many questions: first and foremost - how representative is the "sample"? To what extent does the question asked by the respondent dictate the “correct” (expected) answer? And so on. Of course, this is not a statistic, but mostly a science-like hype, covering up the absence of objective methods.

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