It's one of the most commonly used formulas in statistics. I use it all the time in my paleontology research. It's used to compute the margin of error in opinion polls. It's used in clinical trials to decide whether a new drug works significantly better than placebo. And many other situations.
another distinct likelihood is that you have been in situations where the binomial formula would've been extremely convenient, but you didn't notice because you regard it as an esoteric and useless concept.
It’s possible. But I doubt solving quadratic equations comes up much even within that highly specialized context.
And even if it does, that’s an absurdly tiny sliver of the student body. Surely there are more broadly relevant things you could be teaching, if applicability is the goal.
It's fundamental to a lot of the methods/tech you use. Very often, you depend on things you think are unimportant because others are giving you an abstraction so that *you* don't have to think about it.
Regardless, you asked for a future, and I gave you some.
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And even if it does, that’s an absurdly tiny sliver of the student body. Surely there are more broadly relevant things you could be teaching, if applicability is the goal.
Regardless, you asked for a future, and I gave you some.
I'm not super into DS gate-keeping, but if you don't know linear algebra I question a lot...