"About half of the Stanford stat professors have joint appointments with other departments, including economics, human biology and environmental science. “Statistics is unusual,” Mr. Hastie notes. “It’s a service field to other disciplines. It doesn’t rely on its own work. It needs others."

— What Are the Odds That Stats Would Be This Popular? - NYTimes.com (via interestingsnippets)

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