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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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[–] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Wow, so like 75%?

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

In American units it's 50,000 hotdogs per football stadium.

[–] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

That's a perfect 5:7 ratio!

[–] HeronHouseHamilton@lemmy.zip 9 points 20 hours 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 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] HeronHouseHamilton@lemmy.zip 4 points 14 hours ago

I stand corrected

[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 9 points 21 hours ago

damn that's gotta be like 40% of people

[–] Waterpumpee@lemmus.org 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Dont worry, in future AI will do statistics because chatGPT is 86,43% better than any human doing it.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 2 points 16 hours ago

Wow, I asked chatGPT and it said you’re right and I’m so smart for checking!