I Hate Statistics (But Use It Every Day)

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I Hate Statistics (But Use It Every Day)

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The eternal struggle of statistics students everywhere! On the left, we see the dramatic illustration of someone being crushed by the "abstract gibberish with no real-world application" - which is EXACTLY how your brain feels during a stats exam! Meanwhile, on the right, the pure despair of a child trying to understand why we need to calculate standard deviations when spreadsheets exist!

The hilarious irony? Statistics is literally EVERYWHERE in real life - from vaccine trials to Netflix recommendations - yet somehow manages to feel like an ancient mystical language designed specifically to torture students! No wonder we're all chanting "I hate statistics" while simultaneously using it to decide if that extra cookie is statistically significant to our diet! 😂

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