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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, even if none of the kids who take an intro to data science course go on to become data scientists they will still gain skills and general knowledge that will be helpful across many industries/careers. Much more so than calculus. 
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The problem is that it would be so superficially done that none of the kids will retain a thing.  If you aren't requiring advanced math and you also aren't requiring programming skills, then the class would amount to a lot of copying code snippets that the kids don't understand to make graphs for which they would then give a superficial, general "analysis."  It really is garbage.  It's also not comparable to the UVA class, since that's a college class with college level expectations, and the supposed data science class is a high school one presumably targeting the kids weaker in math.  They won't be able to cover anything of any real substance.

AP stats is a lovely class for the kids who are good at math but don't intend a STEM major and don't want calculus.  Probability and Stats is a fine class for the kids weaker in math who don't want pre-calc or calc.  A high school data science class that does not require calculus, stats, or programming as a prerequisite will just provide a weaker option than the already existing ones, albeit with a trendy buzzword attached.  [/quote]

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