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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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[–] 4 points 5 days ago (1 child)

That's exactly it. Statistics is a far simpler math than functions or calculus, yet it doesn't get taught until university.

If people understood statistics, they would understand that all political polling is vastly underpowered.

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