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Isn't calculus a prerequisite for statistics? Areas and density intuitions from calculus are very helpful.

• ACow_Adonis 6y ago
  the intuitions from calculus are helpful for both statistics and economics and bits of other sciences: derivatives, higher order derivatives, min/max, discontinuities, integrals, etc. however, in my last 10 - 20 years I've never actually calculated an analytical derivative. I think there might be some economists somewhere who are doing so, but in my experience that's generally because they don't understand enough about computers or modelling, and they're just roting 30 year old techniques.
• jhbadger 6y ago
  In curricula yes, you have to take calculus courses first. And yes, maybe in some esoteric proofs you need it. But in real, useful statistics, that is actually analyzing data to see if it is statistically significant, calculus plays no role at all.