> study modern statistics hard This is something I've been thinking about doing. My work is in computational materials science, and I often feel there is a co

> study modern statistics hard This is something I've been thinking about doing. My work is in computational materials science, and I often feel there is a complete lack of statistical rigor in analyzing the results. (Peter Gill joked at a conference that the only difference between applied mathematicians and quantum chemists is that the mathematicians calculate the error once they get their answers). I know basic statistics: distributions, standard error, correlations, etc. But I don't know anything about the terms Bayesian or Frequentist. In your opinion, what would studying these topics provide for me?