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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of two kids who take AP Stat. 
We opted to not register for AP exam. Waste of time, money and energy for nothing.
Since both kids are technical, they would have to take [b]real Stat[/b] in college [b](calculus based.)[/b]
I guess this course is OK intro to Stat, but my kids definitely could use time more effectively in another class. 
Since it was mandatory we had no choice...[/quote]

I work as a statistician. "Real (calculus-based) stat" is not a thing that I have ever heard.[/quote]

It sounds like statistical theory, which, as I recall, is proofs on the distribution curve.  I earned my MS in Statistics in the early 90s, so who knows. I don't "do" stat theory in my job. The idea that someone wants "Calculus based statistics" for AP Statistics is silly. Stat Theory was my hardest class in either undergrad of grad school.

The only people in Stat Theory were stat majors or minors. It wasn't something the engineering or computer science majors took. [/quote]

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