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> This is a conjecture that desperately needs resolving with solid statistics and in-depth interviews. Ironic that a hypothesis that most people won't need mat
by contravariant 4y ago
> This is a conjecture that desperately needs resolving with solid statistics and in-depth interviews.
Ironic that a hypothesis that most people won't need mathematics should require solid statistics to resolve.
- jfengel 4y agoIn this case, the solid statistics have more to do with the humanities than with the actual mathematics. The math of that kind of stats is fairly easy, but designing a meaningful study of how people learn and apply what they learn requires a ton of work in sociology, psychology, and economics. You have to work around numerous ethical and pragmatic constraints, and deal with millions of confounding variables.