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Re:Book review: Head First Statistics vs. The Manga Guide to... by SomeHacker44 on Saturday September 01, 2018 @11:57AM (#17892395)
I wish high school would put statistics in the primary math curriculum, even over (pre) calculus. I feel a solid understanding of statistics and their occasional counter intuitive nature, and especially how to properly interpret things and significance measures would be enormously valuable to citizens of this modern information age.
Re:Book review: Head First Statistics vs. The Manga Guide to... by jkmcf on Friday September 07, 2018 @12:25PM (#17935544)
Outside the U.S., I'd love to know when people learn calculus and stats. I had both as a H.S. senior, which seems very late compared to other countries.

I had a stats prof from India who always commented on how he learned calculus in 6th grade. Our "intro to stats for business majors" class had us deriving the statistical proofs with calculus... (I'm aware he's probably an outlier)

Re:Book review: Head First Statistics vs. The Manga Guide to... by 2020-3030 on Saturday September 01, 2018 @05:30PM (#17893970)
This is one reason it is not included. Cue up the John Taylor Gatto reading list.