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Who in their right bloody mind understands Statistics? Please? Tell me?

Pure maths...core mathematics is beautiful. Absorbing. Delicious.

And then we have Statistics. I suppose it doesn't help i have a moody Irish teacher. But good god, does anyone truly understand anything from this content?

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Reply 1
Does anybody understand it? Sure.

Anyone in their right mind? I doubt that.
Reply 2
Original post by ZiggyStarDust_
Pure maths...core mathematics is beautiful. Absorbing. Delicious.

And then we have Statistics. I suppose it doesn't help i have a moody Irish teacher. But good god, does anyone truly understand anything from this content?


50 people in a poll of 100 said they understand it.
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Original post by jape
Does anybody understand it? Sure.

Anyone in their right mind? I doubt that.


haha this^

that made me feel slightly better. slightly.

so OP, you are strong in the field of statistics?
I managed a strong B on an S1 practice paper after a few hours of learning it if that counts :lol:
Reply 5
Original post by ByronicHero
I managed a strong B on an S1 practice paper after a few hours of learning it if that counts :lol:


That's quick.
Original post by ZiggyStarDust_
Pure maths...core mathematics is beautiful. Absorbing. Delicious.

And then we have Statistics. I suppose it doesn't help i have a moody Irish teacher. But good god, does anyone truly understand anything from this content?


I did .not .at. all. all year but then in the half term holidays the week before the exam I worked from CGP guide and textbook and did many past papers....got me 95%
Original post by S2M
That's quick.


It's very simple. It also didn't stick. I moved on to S2 and managed something similar but then came back to it a week or two later and had mostly forgotten everything :lol:
Funny, I have a statistics exam tomorrow and I don't have a ****ing clue.
Did anyone ask yall to turn this thread into a brag fest?


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Original post by ByronicHero
It's very simple. It also didn't stick. I moved on to S2 and managed something similar but then came back to it a week or two later and had mostly forgotten everything :lol:


Ohh. :frown: Are you just doing it for fun?
Original post by Dhanny
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shut up dhanny and answer the question.

irritating swine.
I understand the statistics I have been taught (s1 and s2) and find some it very interesting, such as normal distribution and Hypothesis testing;they are however the lowest exam scores I have in maths apart from one decision module.
Original post by Nulliverse
Funny, I have a statistics exam tomorrow and I don't have a ****ing clue.


you poor thing??? Good luck, buddy.

i know how painful stats is...but try to revise? u can do it, my dude.
Original post by NotNotBatman
I understand the statistics I have been taught (s1 and s2) and find some it very interesting, such as normal distribution and Hypothesis testing;they are however the lowest exam scores I have in maths apart from one decision module.


the mere fact you can understand it is a mystery to me. but good on you, my fam.
Original post by ByronicHero
I managed a strong B on an S1 practice paper after a few hours of learning it if that counts :lol:


interesting. what was your learning/revision techniques?
Original post by Jess_x
I did .not .at. all. all year but then in the half term holidays the week before the exam I worked from CGP guide and textbook and did many past papers....got me 95%


95%! Wow, well done!

I'll see if i can order the stats cgp books, thank u for this.
Original post by ZiggyStarDust_
you poor thing??? Good luck, buddy.

i know how painful stats is...but try to revise? u can do it, my dude.

I'm trying now and it's all just a mind ****. Like I see my notes and think, hmm this is easy, I go do an exercise question and I'm just dumbfounded as the answer requires some special ass trick that I could not see at all. Eh I only need 40% to pass as it's a uni module and I'm pretty sure I can do that.
Original post by ZiggyStarDust_
the mere fact you can understand it is a mystery to me. but good on you, my fam.


What parts don't you understand? If you give some examples, I or someone else might be able to help with it :smile:
Original post by ZiggyStarDust_
Pure maths...core mathematics is beautiful. Absorbing. Delicious.

And then we have Statistics. I suppose it doesn't help i have a moody Irish teacher. But good god, does anyone truly understand anything from this content?


Got 100 UMS on S1 and I don't think I actually understood any of it. (I would be happy to try to help though if you have any specific questions at this level)

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