<p>So if there were no Stack Overflow, then would the answer to the OP's question be different? My sense is yes.</p>

<p>And yet the fact that SO already exists shouldn't in any way affect our charter. I have been an SO member for over a year but if I were not, and I came the stats site, asked a question and had it closed / migrated to SO, I doubt I would follow it. Let's make this site a one-stop shop.</p>

<p>Finally, I agree with @Baltimark, why try and separate statistics from its principal technique? You can discuss descriptive stats without code, but what about topics like simulation or data visualization? Plus code is a very reliable way to distinguish good answers from bad ones.</p>
