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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Statistician here. There's a huge amount of calculus needed for Statistics but that doesn't mean it can't be taught at a basic level without calc.

Years ago the AP Stat exam I took had very little calculus in it, and yes it was an easier test than Calc BC

However I do think whatever course you take should have a practical component - will they teach R, SAS, Stata etc.  Otherwise it's not that helpful for Research purposes...just my opinion. [/quote]

Agree with the practical component, but not sure about R etc. the basics could be easily done in google sheets, or even on a graphing calculator like TI.[/quote]

AP Teacher--we play around in R after the AP test, but my seniors all leave at that point so basically only the underclassmen get the lesson.  There is no time for doing it before the test (since it's not on the test).  My goal is to help kids pass the exam, and until it is part of the exam I won't cover it before May.

Hopefully the exam updates the standards in the future-, but I don't think statistical software will show up for a while.[/quote]

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