Its contribution is data — not necessarily a different set of data from that available to religion, but a different way of looking at that data. (religion-online.org)
The second tab is awesome because you can compare different sets of data over time. (woorkup.com)
I think it is very important to do so — to perform credible test of hypotheses and to extract information from large sets of data modern statistics seems indispensable. (realclimate.org)