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7363964 No.7363964 [Reply] [Original]

What is the degree of statistical literacy among people living in the US?

>> No.7363979

TBH according to anecdotal experience it's close to nil

>> No.7363988

>>7363964
not your personal google search engine

>> No.7363991

>>7363964

People know what a "mean" is once you remind them it's another word for "average".

I'd say that's about it. Which is really a shame. I think a decent knowledge of statistics would be far more useful to most people than something like pre-calculus, or calc I.

>> No.7363998

>>7363979
heh

>> No.7363999

According to the latest polls, 95% of Americans only understand 55% of statistics, which translates to 150% confusion.

>> No.7364001

>>7363991
Eh, if they knew more businesses/political interest groups would just have to work a little harder to fuck them over.

>> No.7364002

>>7363964
Seeing as how 90% of statistics have problems with their accumulation methods, I'd say it's pretty low.

>> No.7364005

>>7363991

>it's another word for "average".

Wrong. The mean is one type of average. The median is another example of an average.

>> No.7364009

>>7364002

>using random 'statistics' pulled from your arse to describe statistics

>> No.7364014

>>7363991
How much stats can you teach without calculus though?

>> No.7364222

>>7363964
10 coins, at least 9 heads, one's probably tails
Can't explain that

>> No.7364228

>>7364009
Seems like a problem with his accumulation methods...

>> No.7364231
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7364231

>>7364009
>trusting statistics to tell you about the problems of statistics

>> No.7364255

>>7363999
This is just fucking percentages ya b8 bish

>> No.7364281

>>7363991
Calculus is used to make music and predict the weather. You can't use statistics to find the slope of a curve.

>> No.7364289

>>7364281
You can use them to efficiently manage risks and symptoms of cancer.

>> No.7364307

>>7364289
Ok????

>> No.7364313

>>7364289

Regression is essentially measuring slopes with statistics...

>> No.7364469

>>7364281

I'm not trying to say whether, or not statistics has more applications as a whole than calculus. I'm saying that, for the average person, an understanding of statistics and how they can be manipulated to make things look a certain way would be more useful than an understanding of the main concepts of pre-calculus/calculus I.

>> No.7364476

Why do you all about the U.S. In particular? Do you have some reason to believe the level of "statistical literacy" there is especially high or low?

>> No.7364656

>>7364476
Well, I guess any developed country would do

>> No.7364670

>>7364281
Just saying, a knowledge of statistics to interpret weather.. even climate forecasts would go a long way.

>> No.7364784

>>7363964

not sure but can count to 10

>> No.7364789

>>7364231

statistception