I am a social science student with a previous degree in statistics. I often claim that knowing statistics allows me to better read social science studies because the statistics in a study is something I can understand. I am uniquely me.. wildly interdisciplinary... and sure, many social sciences require that a student to be a professional understand statistics. That said some very important professors of mine who write reports for national commissions IMHO use statistics at a very shallow level. Sometimes a critique will involve attacking someone's statistics but then on the next page of this paper a misuse of statistics will occur. Peter Timusk B.Math Just trying to stay linear www.crystalcomputing.net >blog> http://logbook.crystalcomputing.net www.webpagex.org >blog> http://notebook.webpagex.org