It seems like something that should be taught alongside math from elementary school, not something you can maybe get an elective in in high school or college.
I actually found statistics pretty fun and eventually we learned to use R for it. Though I ended up missing 1 lecture and it almost screwed me over for the rest of the class. I found a Kahn academy video though that covered it and was able to catch up. There really is a ton of information to learn. It would have been nice to have at least touched on it a little bit in highschool beyond learning about means and the tiniest bit about standard deviations.
I know a lot of people have trouble thinking clearly and correctly about probability and statistical inference.
But do we know if, practically speaking, that can be addressed by a modified educational curriculum?
Or are these concepts that would take an extraordinary amount of effort for many persons to understand well?
[1] source: I never saw it as a student, and I've consulted with math teachers (well, administrators, about math) in multiple states, and I've never had it come up there either.