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"Memorizing statistical formulas made sense when computation was expensive" Statistics is way more than formulas. It's easy enough to learn and, if you underst
by WheelsAtLarge 4y ago
"Memorizing statistical formulas made sense when computation was expensive"
Statistics is way more than formulas. It's easy enough to learn and, if you understand it, so applicable to one's life that it should be one of the principle courses in school.
Here are some basic ideas where it will help.
- helps you understand why the most dangerous part of any flight is the time you spend in a car not the plane.
- why it's useless to try to break even at a gambling establishment
- why the best way to win at the lottery is to never buy a ticket
- why birth control is good at its function but it's not absolutely secure
I can go on for hours.
Statistics needs to be part of any educational reform. It's so useful
- analog31 4y agoI'm in agreement about those examples, and maybe we agree overall to the extent that for me, "way more than formulas" includes working directly with data. I think the ability to interrogate data directly adds to the ability to think quantitatively. It was just not practical to do when I was in school. And the blizzard of formulas is an obstacle to learning for most students.
- guythedudebro 4y ago> - why birth control is good at its function but it's not absolutely secure - why the pullout method properly performed is not really less secure than other popular options
- omginternets 4y agoWell sure, if you just ignore the fact that properly performing the method is hard to do ...