[Python-ideas] Pre-PEP: adding a statistics module to Python

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Joshua Landau writes:

 > Statistics is a branch of math

It's not.  *Probability* is a branch of math.  Statistics *uses* math
(not limited to probability) heavily, but its fundamental mode of
thinking is applied, not mathematical: interpretation of statistics
inherently requires domain knowledge.

 > I must admit I'm curious how the sum 10 is statistical (to make it
 > interesting we can say it's the value of the dollars I have in my
 > pocket).

Because it's an integral with respect to a positive measure (ie, a
distribution) defined on the set of currency units. ;-)