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I've never understood the "calculus vs statistics" argument. Calculus is an unquestionable prerequisite for any meaningful statistics work. If you don't unders
by PheonixPharts 3y ago
I've never understood the "calculus vs statistics" argument. Calculus is an unquestionable prerequisite for any meaningful statistics work.
If you don't understand the concept of "integrating a function" they how can you possibly make sense of virtually any part of statistics? 90% of practical statistics can be boiled down to understanding the basic algebra of normally distributed random variables and then doing basic calculus on the result.
Statistics without calculus is the worse kind of statistics where students are taught to blindly throw tests at a problem without having a clue as to why they are doing this. Statistics without understanding is worse that no statistics at all.
- hibikir 3y agoI don't think it's necessarily 1 class of statistics vs 1 class of calculus, but the fact that your typical calculus ladder is 4 semesters worth, most of which being about symbolic solutions. Handling integration and derivation of simple polynomials is fine, but the majority of the computational part of calc 2 is just as detached from modern calculus as asking people to multiply five digit numbers in your head. The useful parts of calculus are typically the easiest for students, and could be taught in a semester. Instead, your typical calculus track is 2 whole years.
- google234123 3y ago3 semesters
- KMag 3y agoWhat are the standard 3 semesters? 1. Differential and Integral Calculus 2. Differential Equations 3. Complex Variables
- google234123 3y ago#1. split into three. Next two are other classes. Some universities combine diff eq and linear algebra in one semester. Some universities probably have classes that cover the three semesters in two. I think most prepared students arrive with AP calc BC and just start on the last semester (multivariable..)