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More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understanding (www.psu.edu)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [M, B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[–] 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Wow, so like 75%?

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    • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago

    damn that's gotta be like 40% of people

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    [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (5 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.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    I stand corrected

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    • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

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

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