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Author: Ryan Silk

Graph showing the majority rate their proficiency in statistics as satisfactory

Statistics: an extra sense

In 1828, a young 19-year-old Charles Darwin commented on the regret he felt for not understanding the “great leading principles of mathematics”, as people with such an understanding seemed to have “an extra sense”. Today, where mathematics – or most commonly statistics – goes hand in hand with biological research, those who possess Darwin’s extra […]

17th December 2020 0

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