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The basic $12 Casio scientific has stats like mean, standard deviation, regression... Stats is a huge field, we're talking highschool level. I think it probably

The basic $12 Casio scientific has stats like mean, standard deviation, regression... Stats is a huge field, we're talking highschool level. I think it probably covers it

varun_ch 5mo ago
Oh that’s neat! Probably should’ve checked your link. Not sure what the advantage of the Ti-84 would be for highschool math, but the UX on NumWorks calculators is completely a game changer, especially with stats and graphing questions. Maybe everything is possible on the Casio, but it’s so much clearer on the NumWorks (especially for eg. Physics questions, where you might want to retrieve values you calculated earlier with full precision, etc). Genuinely felt like a cheat code when I was in highschool. I showed mine to my teacher and they swapped the whole’s schools standard calculators from the Ti-84 CE to the NumWorks, which is cheaper too.
- kristopolous 5mo ago
  I mean sure. Unlimited precision calculation I don't think is the proper domain of the cheap desk calculator. I mean what do these do? I think like 10 digits worth? If you're actually doing something requiring over 10 digits of accuracy and you can reliably hit that you probably have a $10 million lab... So honestly what are we talking about here...If it's pure mathematics this is a bad tool for that as well.
  - varun_ch 5mo ago
    oh of course. But I meant being able to select a result or equation from 10 minutes ago in the calculator history without re-typing it!
    - kristopolous 5mo ago
      These cheap calculators certainly have history. I think it's even persistent. Chips with megabytes of non-volatile storage can be had for under a dollar at scale these days. https://us.rs-online.com/product/microchip-technology-inc-/sst26vf032b-104i-sm/70518948/?srsltid=AfmBOooOzx50nEJlSEPCgDDF7Cu-PC0hfI8m08nnn80pkxS5C0ektgyejxw https://us.rs-online.com/product/microchip-technology-inc-/s... ... 4MB (32Mb) $0.74. The TI-84 EVO brags about having 3MB on their $160.00 device. Cool TI, don't strain yourself...
nextos 5mo ago
IB questions require at least a mid-range calculator to obtain e.g. the ccdf of chisq, t, and other distributions. In the exam, you'd also be at a disadvantage without advanced graphing.

The basic $12 Casio scientific has stats like mean, standard deviation, regression... Stats is a huge field, we're talking highschool level. I think it probably covers it

varun_ch 5mo ago

Oh that’s neat! Probably should’ve checked your link. Not sure what the advantage of the Ti-84 would be for highschool math, but the UX on NumWorks calculators is completely a game changer, especially with stats and graphing questions. Maybe everything is possible on the Casio, but it’s so much clearer on the NumWorks (especially for eg. Physics questions, where you might want to retrieve values you calculated earlier with full precision, etc). Genuinely felt like a cheat code when I was in highschool. I showed mine to my teacher and they swapped the whole’s schools standard calculators from the Ti-84 CE to the NumWorks, which is cheaper too.

kristopolous 5mo ago
I mean sure. Unlimited precision calculation I don't think is the proper domain of the cheap desk calculator. I mean what do these do? I think like 10 digits worth? If you're actually doing something requiring over 10 digits of accuracy and you can reliably hit that you probably have a $10 million lab... So honestly what are we talking about here...If it's pure mathematics this is a bad tool for that as well.
- varun_ch 5mo ago
  oh of course. But I meant being able to select a result or equation from 10 minutes ago in the calculator history without re-typing it!
  - kristopolous 5mo ago
    These cheap calculators certainly have history. I think it's even persistent. Chips with megabytes of non-volatile storage can be had for under a dollar at scale these days. https://us.rs-online.com/product/microchip-technology-inc-/sst26vf032b-104i-sm/70518948/?srsltid=AfmBOooOzx50nEJlSEPCgDDF7Cu-PC0hfI8m08nnn80pkxS5C0ektgyejxw https://us.rs-online.com/product/microchip-technology-inc-/s... ... 4MB (32Mb) $0.74. The TI-84 EVO brags about having 3MB on their $160.00 device. Cool TI, don't strain yourself...

nextos 5mo ago

IB questions require at least a mid-range calculator to obtain e.g. the ccdf of chisq, t, and other distributions. In the exam, you'd also be at a disadvantage without advanced graphing.