Programmers Need To Learn Statistics Or I Will Kill Them All (2005)

Re:Programmers Need To Learn Statistics Or I Will Kill Them ... by cschep on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @02:36PM (#627206)

That would have been cool. Stats wasn't required for us, but if it would have been Statistical Analysis of Computer Systems(or programs, or whatever), I would have signed up for it anyway.

I heard the stats class offered where I went to school was a joke so I didn't pursue it optionally. I'm sure it's different depending on your university.

Also, my school was not renowned for any sciences.

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Re:Programmers Need To Learn Statistics Or I Will Kill Them ... by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @03:41PM (#627364)

I once listened to a stats professor bemoaning that he had to teach stats to various groups of students in their first year when they didn't know enough about their own subjects for him to use any relevant examples.

Since stats on it's own can be a bit abstract that's a double whammy.

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Re:Programmers Need To Learn Statistics Or I Will Kill Them ... by stcredzero on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @04:38PM (#627463)

Then stats in CS should be a 2nd or 3rd year course. By then, there should be a great deal of material usable as examples.

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Re:Programmers Need To Learn Statistics Or I Will Kill Them ... by stcredzero on Tuesday May 26, 2009 @03:17PM (#627300)

A really good textbook along these lines might really be something.

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