I think I get the point of your question, but I wonder where all these mathematically-trained statisticians are going to come from. Already in the Anglosphere, intro stats is often taught to psych UGs by psych grad students who have an imperfect grasp themselves. /1
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Replying to @sTeamTraen @rmwillen
So you have two problems from day one: (1) finding enough mathematically-trained statisticians, and (2) convincing uni management to pay the cost of their time, which will be >> than the cost of the grad student's time (and "prevent the grad student gaining valuable experience").
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Replying to @sTeamTraen @rmwillen
Also, there is the delicate balance between "teaching stats more rigorously" and "having UGs walk away from the course en masse because they can't hack the calculus". A lot of people in UG psych have frankly poor levels of mathematics. /3
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Replying to @sTeamTraen @rmwillen
Here is the UK universities page discussing typical entry requirements for UG psych. It suggests that it is entirely possible to be admitted having studied essentially no maths since the age of 16. https://www.ucas.com/ucas/subject-guide-list/psychology … /endpic.twitter.com/tRHG5kkZak
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Replying to @sTeamTraen @rmwillen
I always have a culture shock at this stuff because every high schooler in Cyprus does calculus, linear algebra, etc. Yes, if you choose it you do more of it, but if you don't you will do tons starting from middle school (where you don't get choices anyway).
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Yeah. This kind of math is like reading/writing. Start young, plus it is within everyone's reach.
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Yes, it is actually easy.
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I did the basics of matrices in primary school but not in high school(!) as it wasn't on the syllabus. Lots of calculus from about year 10 onwards though.
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No idea what year 10 is.
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I'm guessing myself. I meant when you're 14-15 ish
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I can't remember not doing it from 12 onwards. By the end, so when we were 17-18, it was rococo levels of complex stuff. It was my favourite subject, I think. That and coding, but it was in Pascal... LMAO
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