The Hausdorff Space and Applied Statistics: A View from the U.S.S.R.

Abstract

The article focuses on the debate in the pages of the Soviet statistical journal Vestnik Statistiki as to the existence and relevance of applied statistics as a separate scientific discipline. The contents of four letters to the editor and relevant editorial comments that appeared in this journal between October 1985 and July 1987 are analyzed.

Key Words:

• Applied mathematical statistics
• Mathematical statistics
• U.S.S.R. Central Statistical Administration
• Vestnik Statistiki (Herald of Statistics)