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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by blaser-waffle on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @09:31AM (#22945320)
I need my doctor to have a basic understanding of statistics. I don't need them to have a profound knowledge of anything except their professional specialty.

Chances are they took a basic Epidemiology class -- or a class that had it as a component -- and covered "Stat for medical workers." And that should be enough.

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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by tgflynn on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @11:21AM (#22946499)
I disagree. Accurate reasoning under uncertainty is highly non-trivial (as current events with covid-19 are making clear) and is I suspect one of the most important skills a clinician could have for making rational diagnoses and treatment decisions.

Whether currently available statistics training is even adequate to the task of teaching this skill is a separate question, the answer to which is unclear to me.

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