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Direct linkField, Mike – Mathematics Teaching, 2012
It might be said that for most occupations there is now less of a need for mathematics than there was say fifty years ago. But, the author argues, geometry, probability, and statistics constitute essential knowledge for everyone. Maybe not the geometry of Euclid, but certainly geometrical ways of thinking that might enable us to describe the world…
Descriptors: Geometry, Probability, Statistics, Mathematics Instruction
Prescott, P. – Mathematics Teaching, 1971
Commenting on an article by D. Scott, in Mathematics Teaching 52 (Autumn 1970), He present author shows that it is important to know the distribution of error and not just the maximum error. (MM)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, College Mathematics, Error Analysis (Language), Error of Measurement
