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From: Alan Davidson <DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject:      Prestige of subfields
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I didn't mean any thing by my respective rank-orders (in terms of absolute
positions).  The reason why theory as a specialty is less prestigious is
how many theorists bring in grant money for their theoretical work?
Furthermore, if one looks at courses which have drifted from required to
non-required over the years, theory course are more likely to become
"not required" while the number of Universities requiring more than one
stats course has increased.