Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio...
by cool_dude85 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @03:22PM
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Not at a high school level. AP Stats I believe does not require calculus as a prerequisite.
Discrete distributions can be defined, even infinite discrete distributions (as sequences and series are taught in pre-calc). Continuous distributions can't be formally defined, but a lot of intuition can be given with hand-waving e.g. the area under this curve. Probably most of the class is spent with counting and probability-type problems, but plenty of actual statistics can be done without calculus - we can learn about distributions, what a statistic is, expectation, sampling, counting, probability... the list goes on.
Discrete distributions can be defined, even infinite discrete distributions (as sequences and series are taught in pre-calc). Continuous distributions can't be formally defined, but a lot of intuition can be given with hand-waving e.g. the area under this curve. Probably most of the class is spent with counting and probability-type problems, but plenty of actual statistics can be done without calculus - we can learn about distributions, what a statistic is, expectation, sampling, counting, probability... the list goes on.