puts "max hash: #{@data.max_by{ |stat_var, stats_hash| stats_hash.length }.inspect}"

#this returns:
#max hash: [:bytes, {:total=>81519, :in=>81519, :out=>0}]

#how can i have it return just the hash portion:

#ex this is what i want:

#-->  {:total=>81519, :in=>81519, :out=>0}