"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
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