Calling all ALEKS Statistics drop outs to this thread for feedback

[jsd]

really don't know much about statistics that you can take forward with you in your career and life.

This describes like 95% of people who have ever taken a stats course, no matter if they went a traditional route or not. Very few people/occupations have any practical use for this knowledge in the real world.

[JohnnyHeck]

.... So I don't really want to "learn" it as much as I want to spend as little as possible just getting credit for it.

I appreciate the honest feedback How much total time did you actually spend getting this credit by doing it what I consider to be "the hard way"? Do you consider yourself: math - phobic, comfortable, or wiz. Thanks, this will help me a lot.

[JohnnyHeck]

This describes like 95% of people who have ever taken a stats course, no matter if they went a traditional route or not. Very few people/occupations have any practical use for this knowledge in the real world.

Thanks for your honest opinion. Whether you ticket punch by course or cram, you will not gain the insight necessary to ever put the knowledge to use. Sadly, I would have to say that almost all courses and short cuts I have ever seen are woefully inadequate to provide what the professional needs going forward. As we enter the new era of "Big Data", I fear those persons who fail to gain even the most rudimentary of practical insight into the art of statistics run the risk of being left behind. Certainly, if you are under 30. Like most here, I got almost nothing out of my first stats course 45 years ago. I ended up having to train myself, so I do know how hard it can be. But now I honestly don't think it has to be this way.