What is calculus? Although it is a huge subject, it is really about two fundamental ideas: differentiation and integration. Differentiation is a sophisticated form of division, and tries to get at 0/0. Integration is a sophisticated form of multiplication and…
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I contend that what we commonly call “math” is really three subjects: 1) Arithmetic calculation 2) Quantitative reasoning 3) “Real” Math which is made up of …..a) Pure math …..b) Applied math and that these really have not all that…
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Graphs are visual representations of data, and can therefore serve a number of purposes. For one, they can summarize data into a form which the human mind can interpret and find patterns in much faster and with greater ease than…
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The term “behavioral sciences is vastly too broad to cover in one sweep. The issue of statistics and how the math is used in the behavioral sciences is as varied as the sciences, themselves are! First, Psychology was the only recognizable behavioral science. Now,…
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The golden ratio, for some, embodies perfection of form. It was and is a strictly mathematical way of working out the proportions of structures. It is still in use today, in art and architecture. Many natural systems seem to demonstrate…
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Biostatistics, also known as biometrics is the application of statistical methods to study biology. In other words, it is the study of biology combined with methods of research, analysis and accumulation of data. Biostatistics uses the scientific method to study…
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Psychology is the study of human behavior, the portion of science that helps understand the information Psychologists he or she collect during research. Finding statistics, will allow the Psychologist to help people using the scientific method. People do not realize…
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Despite the widespread use of mathematics as a language for science, it is not itself a science. A good exposition of science and the scientific method is given by Steven Hawking in A Brief History of Time: “A (scientific) theory…
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The field of mathematics is very expansive and involves quantifying the world around us. As such, there are a number of areas where mathematics and various quantitative methods are useful for both analyzing biological data and making predictions about biological…
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Division by Zero is not possible by any accepted definition. Let’s look at how we divide. Suppose you have a pie and you want to divide that pie by the number of people that want the pie. So, you cut…
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