Re:An update on the campaign to defend serious math educatio...
by BeetleB on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @03:35PM
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What you say is true. However:
Most people who deal with data/statistics in their working lives do not need to know real analysis, do not utilize calculus to draw (correct) conclusions, and do not use linear algebra either. They learned all these things once and forgot them a long time ago, because they did not need them. They utilize statistics an order of a magnitude more often than they do calculus.
They are not statisticians, but people who need to deal with data as part of their job.
Most people who deal with data/statistics in their working lives do not need to know real analysis, do not utilize calculus to draw (correct) conclusions, and do not use linear algebra either. They learned all these things once and forgot them a long time ago, because they did not need them. They utilize statistics an order of a magnitude more often than they do calculus.
They are not statisticians, but people who need to deal with data as part of their job.