tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897565367298827457.post3111668450476849341..comments2023-10-06T03:40:44.381-04:00Comments on Shortbus: Dumbing It DownOSRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454944574511999653noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897565367298827457.post-75103446997305479732009-07-02T20:52:57.521-04:002009-07-02T20:52:57.521-04:00CN- As far as I can tell, the only math Barney Fra...CN- As far as I can tell, the only math Barney Frank concerns himself concerns tallying his endless stream of campaign contributions. <br /><br />4.5 and he's proficient with math?!? Congratulations, it sounds like there will be plenty of time for dy/dx and the like.OSRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09454944574511999653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897565367298827457.post-48156490052974345672009-07-02T07:16:09.920-04:002009-07-02T07:16:09.920-04:00Hah! I can see the textbook now,
*Assume that in...Hah! I can see the textbook now, <br /><br />*Assume that intelligence and work ethic is normally distributed across this imperiled planet and across all socio-economic strata...*<br /><br />And, are they going to make Barney Frank et comrades first master basic arithmetic before throwing a Congressionally mandated statistics course at THEM?<br /><br />I was just telling my wife yesterday that I don't think Calculus a *must teach* - even if my 4.5 year old homeschooled son will be ready for it in 2 years or so.<br /><br />But I certainly wouldn't cover statistics without, as your post convincingly argues, hitting on limits, continuity, rates of change, integration, etc.CaptiousNuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440029537418230507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897565367298827457.post-45872750909253406852009-07-02T04:37:37.879-04:002009-07-02T04:37:37.879-04:00At my alma mater, probability was a one semester c...At my alma mater, probability was a one semester class and was a prerequisite for stats, as was calculus. And what's good for The Sally Struthers Truck Driving Institute has got to be good for the country.OSRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09454944574511999653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5897565367298827457.post-63356728476443833602009-07-01T17:44:45.011-04:002009-07-01T17:44:45.011-04:00I'd offer that many folks who take statistics ...I'd offer that many folks who take statistics never learn to think probabilistically--which seems a key outcome of stats. Instead, people continue to think deterministically rather than across the spectrum of chance.<br /><br />Proposing that our current crisis would have been avoided had we taught more stats is laughable. Heck, many PhDs who take a boatload of stats have trouble applying lessons learned.<br /><br />As for calc, agree that it provides a conceptual springboard for other operations. My current capacity for doing derivatives and integrals is a little rusty, tho ;-)fordmwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971108560921372854noreply@blogger.com