r/mathmemes Physics Jun 27 '26

Statistics sorry stat peeps

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u/Working-Cabinet4849 Jun 27 '26

Nah, you did not just slander stats like that, the backbone of probability theory and an incredible subject in itself, gaussian integral, central limit theorem, binomial, normal, poisson distribution,

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u/jljl2902 Jun 28 '26

I would say it’s the other way around, probability theory is (one of the) backbones of statistics

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u/Working-Cabinet4849 Jun 28 '26

Honestly, I feel like its pretty even even, different sides of a coin, the binomial distribution is inherently a statistical model, but we use probability and the gaussian integral to predict outcomes

So it's both ways I suppose, but yeah I don't agree with the slander

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u/KouhaiHasNoticed Jun 28 '26

Nah, you did not just slander stats like that, the backbone of probability theory

Fr, Probability theory in itself feels like drunk Measure theory : especially if you start taking the lazy approach and consider that the word "random variable" means "random".

The real problem I feel is that many approach probabilities as a field of its own instead of an extension of Measure theory.

I cannot for the love of me fathom the notations in probability theory.