其实这是个历史遗留问题。因为从统计学的发展历史来看,最早的统计学和经济学有密切的关系。根据维基百科:By the 18th century, the term "statistics" designated thesystematic collectionofdemographicandeconomicdata by states. For at least two millennia, these data were mainly tabulations of human and material resources that might be taxed or put to military use.来源:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_statistics而学过「经济思想史」的同学应该都知道威廉配第,这位17世纪的经济学家的《政治算术》也被评为统计学的起源:The birth of statistics is often dated to 1662, whenJohn Graunt, along withWilliam Petty, developed early human statistical andcensusmethods that provided a framework for moderndemography.
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