Talk:Mathematical statistics

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Mathematics rating:	Stub Class	Mid Priority	Field: Probability and statistics
Please update this rating as the article progresses, or if the rating is inaccurate. Click to show/hide comments. Please add to or update the comments to suggest improvements to the article. Geometry guy 20:34, 21 May 2007 (UTC) I'm downgrading this from Top priority to Mid priority after checking WP:WikiProject_Mathematics/Wikipedia_1.0#Importance_rating_scheme as I don't think an article with this title is "very much needed, even vital" to a maths encyclopedia. If you disagree, please explain why by adding a Comment here. --Qwfp (talk) 12:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Redirect to statistics

This article was started back in 2004 with the comment I really think we should separate MATH stat from APPLIED stat as much as possible, since a very different audience is interested in each and has grown little since then. The content here pretty much duplicates that in Statistics. I would say this has largely been a failed endevor and we would better off redirecting it to Statistics or possibly Statistical theory. --Salix alba (talk) 21:04, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree; applied statistics was redirected to statistics as well recently. Richard001 04:31, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I have to agree. Perhaps this article could be developed, but given that that hasn't happened yet, I think a redirect is in order. JJL 12:48, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it's really feasible to separate math stat from applied stat or to attempt to categorise articles as one or the other. However I still think an article with this title could be useful, though I don't think it's vital to a maths encyclopedia. I've therefore downgraded its importance rating from Top to Mid. I don't think it needs to be a long article but it clearly needs some expansion so i've left it as stub-class. --Qwfp (talk) 13:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

As the creator of the original article at this title (which was very different from the current incarnation, BTW), I have no objection to making it a redirect to Statistics. If I ever get the notion to flesh out my original idea some more, I can resurrect it from the page history (assuming it's still a redirect and hasn't been deleted completely). - dcljr (talk) 13:10, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mathematical statistics vs theoretical statistics

I once picked up a book on Mathematical Statistics in a bookshop that said in its introduction that it's purpose was "to build mathematical statistics, as opposed to theoretical statistics" (or it might have been vice-versa). However it didn't explain the distinction and I didn't buy the book. Can anyone enlighten me? If so, could you add something to the article? --Qwfp (talk) 13:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

IMO, there's no real difference between the two terms; they both refer to a mathematically rigorous treatment of the subject. But perhaps a distinction could be made based on whether you actually state and prove theorems along the way? - dcljr (talk) 14:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)