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[QUOTE="chiro, post: 5506801, member: 157252"] Hey Emmanouil. Statistics is the information science (or at least the basis for it) because it deals with information in a sample. Any time you use information it will have some connection in some way to statistics. Since physics involves information in many ways (statistics, computer work, the fact that the physical universe is composed of information) then on that basis I would recommend statistics over the pure mathematics. Pure mathematics often doesn't deal with information because the fundamental structures of mathematics (and particularly pure mathematics) don't have a quantization aspect and are often just symbolic. It's not like in computer science where you have to quantize the structure and the algebra and when it comes dealing with information in a specific way, it's often very lacking - even though the concepts are sound. You aren't going to be held back by your choice for later learning if you don't want to - but I'd say that if it's for learning or reasons of curiosity, the nature of information can be one factor in which to decide whether to choose statistical coursework or pure mathematics coursework (this is aside from choosing one or the other for relevance in regard to your other coursework and ambitions). [/QUOTE]
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