But statistics classes that are intended for non-majors or for social science majors generally do have more emphasis on concepts and on simple arithmetic/algebra. I’d say it depends on why you are bad at math.
It is easier to learn when you aren’t frozen with fear. Ultimately, statistics will be helpful in practical decision making. It involves a lot of logic and figuring out how to approach each problem. The math is not hard computationally.
Just make sure whatever 4 year you transfer to will accept statway as the math requirement. Statistics involves essentially arithmetic and some algebra. The emphasis is on concepts and what they mean. That’s assuming that this is a non-calculus-based statistics class…calculus-based statistics will have more than that.
Statistics involves essentially arithmetic and some algebra. The emphasis is on concepts and what they mean. You will learn the absurdity of the following statement once made on the floor of Congress: “It is a national disgrace that half the high school students in America are below the median level of performance.”
I'm taking Introduction to Statistical Concepts at my university and am wondering how difficult I can expect it to be. I did pretty well in precalculus and trigonometry, but from what I heard, those courses don't really impact my understanding of this course.
Answer (1 of 12): I don’t have a PHD in statistics but hope my $0.02 are statistically significant enough for you to consider as one of the many hypotheses that explain why statistics is difficult. Let’s compare E=MC^2 to the equation of sample variance, one of the most fundamental concepts in s...
It was not easy for me but math is my sore spot. I got a B but worked for it. I did like it a LOT better than algebra!!!! I would go to class early if I got stuck with stuff and ask my teacher for help.
Answer (1 of 7): Often when I tell people I’m a statistician, they roll their eyes and tell me that statistics in college was hard for them to learn. I suspect a lot of that is due to the quality of teachers they had. I was fortunate when I was at Cal State Hayward, the department had teachers wh...
Why do you think convalescent plasma would not be beneficial if given early? I think that is a pretty difficult default position to take. Same with vitamin c for vitamin c deficiency and oxidative stress as well as HBOT for oxygen deficiency (and now its looking like probable methemoglobinemia).
Statistics involves essentially arithmetic and some algebra. The emphasis is on concepts and what they mean.
This explanation is more complicated than statistics. Statistics is very practical because it allows you to make a decision.
It involves a lot of logic and figuring out how to approach each problem. The math is not hard computationally.
Stats is definitely not a class you can cram for the night before an exam.
Also, in the stats classes I taught graphing calculators were not allowed - we required students to do things by hand (except in the lab portion, which was done with a statistical software package, usually SPSS for social science/non-calculus-based classes and R for the math-based stats classes). I can’t imagine too many classes allowing the graphing calculators at least in the first part of the class because it does a lot of the work for you. Most stats books have tables of all the comparisons you need to make, and they’re easy to find online too. (This will make more sense when you take the class).
A benefit of taking is statistics is that you will have a very good foundation for the AP Statistics Test. If you self-study about 2 months before the test, you may pass it. This will earn you college credit (and you don’t have to pay outrageous amounts for courses) and it also looks nice on your resume.
Pre-calculus is more of a foundational math course whereas statistics is more of an elective. Pre-calculus generally covers topics about functions, conic sections, trigonometry (big one), exponents and logarithms, vectors and complex numbers. (not in that order) Statistics is exactly what it sounds like.
Statistics is more number based . The math is not as complex as that of pre-calculus, but it has its own way of tackling problems. I would say it is somewhat “wordy” considering one has to explain graphs and charts. However statistics can be very useful in the world outside of high school.
I think statistics is a very important class for psychology majors, seeing as though all the science in that field is taking large quantities of data and inferring things from it. However, I’d recommend taking a statistics course in college and taking pre-calculus in high school, because I think the college would require you to take ...
I would think AP Stats would be more beneficial than PreCal for a Psychology major, but there is a good chance colleges will have you take a Calculus course, so I’d recommend PreCal.
Statistics involves essentially arithmetic and some algebra. The emphasis is on concepts and what they mean.
This explanation is more complicated than statistics. Statistics is very practical because it allows you to make a decision.
It involves a lot of logic and figuring out how to approach each problem. The math is not hard computationally.
Stats is definitely not a class you can cram for the night before an exam.
Also, in the stats classes I taught graphing calculators were not allowed - we required students to do things by hand (except in the lab portion, which was done with a statistical software package, usually SPSS for social science/non-calculus-based classes and R for the math-based stats classes). I can’t imagine too many classes allowing the graphing calculators at least in the first part of the class because it does a lot of the work for you. Most stats books have tables of all the comparisons you need to make, and they’re easy to find online too. (This will make more sense when you take the class).