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> It seems like an education fail to me. I know a lot of people have trouble thinking clearly and correctly about probability and statistical inference. But d
by DoofusOfDeath 7y ago
> It seems like an education fail to me.
I know a lot of people have trouble thinking clearly and correctly about probability and statistical inference.
But do we know if, practically speaking, that can be addressed by a modified educational curriculum?
Or are these concepts that would take an extraordinary amount of effort for many persons to understand well?
- TallGuyShort 7y agoThey're nuanced concepts that are easily misunderstood, but in a typical US public school, statistical significance (or anything beyond basic descriptive statistics) is not typically part of the curriculum[1]. It's a hard problem to effectively educate out of existence but right now we're not even really trying. [1] source: I never saw it as a student, and I've consulted with math teachers (well, administrators, about math) in multiple states, and I've never had it come up there either.