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> By the time they reach high school: Every kid should know [statistics] Maybe things have changed. But when I was in highschool in America in the early 00s,
by dogorman 5y ago
> By the time they reach high school: Every kid should know [statistics]
Maybe things have changed. But when I was in highschool in America in the early 00s, statistics was an optional math class offered to juniors. Nobody had taken stats before reaching highschool, which is what the GP calls for, and kids in the "artistic track" weren't required to take stats at all.
- jasonwatkinspdx 5y agoI'm a 90s kid and probability and statistics were like a one day throw away lesson. I've unironically thought the same thing as the top post. Unless you're going into STEM you probably don't need more than the most basic conceptual understanding of calc or trig. But understanding how probabilities work is a huge benefit in every day life.
- OJFord 5y agoThen top level comment is right, they should, that should change (assuming what you're saying is accurate). Perhaps GP is not from the US. In the UK, statistics is not separate to mathematics, and is first met in primary school (even in three-school areas more analogue to the US) getting progressively more advanced up to and through (compulsorily until sixth form - the two years prior to university) 'high school'.