> Probability and statistics both require the kind of non-deterministic
> thinking that is foreign to the rest of school mathematics. Furthermore,
> the methods developed in probability are absolutely necessary in
> analysing data.
I look upon the problem with a different eye. See my and Vladimir Shmagin
recent paper:
"Computative Paradoxes in Modern data Analysis", in SNJ, ISSN 1084-2810,
Vol. 10, No. 1-2-3, Spring 1999, pp. 61-80.
With greetings from sunny St-Petersburg !
Professor of St-Petersburg
Technical University,
Dr. Yu. V. Chebrakov
Nevsky Ave., Bldg.3, Apt. 11
191186, St-Petersburg, Russia
e-mail: chebra@phdeg.hop.stu.neva.ru