> Have you people actually taken a basic statistics course that doesn't require calculus? They are all about memorizing formulas that you plug numbers in to cal

> Have you people actually taken a basic statistics course that doesn't require calculus? They are all about memorizing formulas that you plug numbers in to calculate different statistical measures, they don't teach you to understand anything at all. Disclaimer I should have included: I personally took statistics in high school instead of calculus. I can't say what my experience would have been like if I'd known calculus, but loved learning statistics. I don't remember exactly what we did, but I recall it being quite conceptual. Certainly not just a ton of formulas.