Resumen de Matemáticas y Estadística. Al César lo que es del Cesar...

Roberto Behar Gutiérrez, Pere Grima i Cintas , Xavier Tort-Martorell Llabrés

• This article discusses whether statistics is a part of mathematics, as some teachers –of statistics in college and of mathematics in secondary education– often take for granted. It can be said that the important thing is that it is explained well –that the question is not if the cat is white or black, it is that it hunts mice– and therefore that this discussion is not very interesting. However, it is very relevant because the vision that one has of statistics influences how it is taught, the approach that is given, and what is prioritized... and, also relevant, in which group appropriates the discipline giving it its imprint and personality. The paper highlights the importance of being clear that statistics goes far beyond the mathematical methods it uses.