Mathematics Homework Help

• Did they support their position convincingly using scholarly sources?
• Which of their points makes the most sense to you, even if you made a case for the opposing viewpoint?
• Post an article, video, or visual to reinforce a peer’s idea or challenge them to see their point from a different perspective.

Reply 1:

I do believe as well as other peers in this course that statistics are necessary in modern society. Although, I believe that we could live without statistics and be a functioning society but that is not our modern society. Statistics in our society helps us as citizens to beware of the issues, understand these issues, and learn how to fix these issues in our society. And doing this because of the statistics allows us to be an effective citizen. We use these statistics to begin asking clear questions and tying it correctly to analytical methods to help benefit our society (Steel, Liermann, Guttorp, 2019). Not all statistics have to be calculations and statistics are used on a daily in most citizens lives.

The programmatic theme I find the most relevant to this week’s discussion is career connections. We use statistics on a daily and in a lot of career fields. When I worked in an Autism Center, we used behavioral statistics to understand our patients better and provide the services needed. There are many professions that use statistics in their own way to provide their services in our society and I would not know how these professions would be able to provide their services without them.

Reply 2:

For the sake of presenting a different opinion I chose that it is NOT necessary. Although knowing a rudimentary understanding of statistics can help individuals, it is not paramount for a citizen to understand statistics to be an effective citizen in the modern world in which we live today. Now the question lies what in fact is an “effective citizen’? Is it one that votes? Is it a productive member of society? Or is it simply someone that is successful in the modern world? I do not believe the question presented provides enough to go off of in terms of absolutes, whether it is or it is not necessary. If someone does not understand statistics they can simply get someone that does to find out the answers they are seeking much like how the author Nigel Marriott was utilized for his better understanding of statistics than the common man to help his client “In my job as a statistical consultant, I was once chided by a client who said that whilst I might be an expert in charts, he needed a graphic, and “that is what graphic designers provide” (Marriott, N 2014). I believe that this position can best be related to the programmatic theme of emotional intelligence. Knowing ones strengths and weakness can help the individual better utilize their time in something they are more competent in rather than fight themselves. In turn keeping those like Nigel Marriott (who excel at statistics) employed, which in turn can help you as well.