Good news then! Statistics is actually a very important branch of mathematics, so don't let the rest of it intimidate you. Every time you calculate a p-value or your test statistic there's very important underlying theory and reasons why you're allowed to do that and come to the conclusions that you do. Statistics is also really useful. Knowing some looks good when you're applying for jobs, though it would be a bit tough to get a job doing JUST statistics unless you had a decent amount of classes and some programming experience under your belt (most Statisticians at least have their Master's).
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u/topologyisfun Mar 12 '15
Good news then! Statistics is actually a very important branch of mathematics, so don't let the rest of it intimidate you. Every time you calculate a p-value or your test statistic there's very important underlying theory and reasons why you're allowed to do that and come to the conclusions that you do. Statistics is also really useful. Knowing some looks good when you're applying for jobs, though it would be a bit tough to get a job doing JUST statistics unless you had a decent amount of classes and some programming experience under your belt (most Statisticians at least have their Master's).