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More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understanding (www.psu.edu)

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[–] HeronHouseHamilton@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Statistics is only taught in college and even then, it's only required for certain degrees. I suspect that the true number of Americans who understand statistics is much lower than this study suggests.

[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I took statistics in high school, so your assertion may be regional.

[–] HeronHouseHamilton@lemmy.zip 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I stand corrected

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

wut. you're supposed to insult their mother and tell them they're wrong!

[–] HeronHouseHamilton@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That kind of behavior is part of why I left Reddit

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 1 points 2 hours ago

same tbh. reddit is toxic as fuck. The other reason is the TPA.