> many of my classmates were essentially relying on memorization. This so much: Cookbook approach to statistics without insight leads to terrible results, muc

> many of my classmates were essentially relying on memorization. This so much: Cookbook approach to statistics without insight leads to terrible results, much data effectively thrown away - very costly data $millions worth. I have some complex medical conditions and it is just terrible to see highly trained specialists who are nothing more than cookbook executors. Once you are off the beaten path they are at a complete loss. The rampant statistical illiteracy in the medical world from general practitioners to researchers make this era of big data a huge risk. <Person I know> is a molecular biologist and jokes that her medical practitioner friends know almost nothing about how the human body works. > Memorisation > Cookbooks > Linear regression, maybe