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Re:A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers by thatcat on Friday April 19, 2019 @12:38AM (#19697143)
I'm not sure how 200 level math courses prepare you to review anything more than the most basic experiment designs.
Re:A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers by robertAngst on Friday April 19, 2019 @07:43AM (#19698689)
Because 99% of math is basic calculations.

0.9% are 100-200 level math problems.

0.1% are beyond that, but at that point, hopefully your 200 level skills have taught you enough to learn about solving that.

In my lifetime, I only had 1, beyond 200 level problem that required research on math to understand. And technically, it was optional, but I volunteered.

Everything else was algebra.

Re:A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers by thatcat on Friday April 19, 2019 @04:27PM (#19702717)
Stats is theory + math not just math. Maybe not even any math at all, just light programming using stats libraries. If you apply them wrong though, that's a big problem. Biological experiment design is a grad course, so 500 level. Still I agree that a doctor understand the theory.