Statistics Or College Math?

krenee · Oct 29, 2007

From everything I've heard, Statistics is really hard. I don't know why your advisor would suggest it!

Kelly

preciousbaby621 · Oct 29, 2007

From everything I've heard, Statistics is really hard. I don't know why your advisor would suggest it!
Kelly

Because he's an idiot! Last year, I tried to sign up for a class and he told me I had to go to another campus because that particular course wasn't offered at "our campus." (my campus is 2 min. from my house)

So I would travel to another campus in another city; I was always late due to traffic jam in DC and because of all the tardies I was dropped from the class. Financial aid wouldn't pay for that and I had to pay $330 out of pocket, THEN, I found out later that the course I was dropped from was offered at MY campus but in the fall. :angryfire:angryfire:angryfire So I was traveling 40min to get to a class, when I could of waited til Fall 06 to take it, but nooooo! This so-called advisor told me something totally different. :madface:

txspadequeenRN, BSN, RN · Oct 29, 2007

find another counselor. for me stats contained alot of algebra . if you do not have a good math foundation you will fail. but that is just my opinion.

allnurses Guide · Oct 29, 2007

I'm not good at math. I'm going back for my BSN and the program starts in January.

Stats is a pre-req that I'm starting now. The book is great. "Statistics Plain and Simple" by Sherri L. Jackson. The instructor is wonderful and determined that you will get an A or B in the class. Two of my friends have taken the class and both got A's. They rave about the teacher.

I think you should do some research about the book, the teacher, etc.

I took Algebra for my AA Degree in nursing - I hated it. I'm not sure how I'll feel about Stats yet since we haven't started . . . but I do feel very very good about the teacher.

Good luck.

steph

JustinTJ, ADN, BSN · Oct 29, 2007

I don't have an advisor. I have never met with one, the nursing program has the program requirements listed online. I read it and do it on my own without someone else telling me what to take.

preciousbaby621 · Oct 29, 2007

I don't have an advisor. I have never met with one, the nursing program has the program requirements listed online. I read it and do it on my own without someone else telling me what to take.

Well good for you that you did it all on your own.

But at our school it's required to take an assesment test, talk with an advisor, then register for classes. And they encourage students to see an advisor if they're considering the Nursing program as part-time. That's the process.

santhony44, MSN, RN, NP · Oct 29, 2007

I too am terrible at math.

When I started back for my BSN, I had taken a "math for dummies" years before. The school had just started requiring statistics.

I could have taken it through the Business or Math departments, both of which required College Algebra as a prerequisite.

I found that it was also offered through the Psych department, with no prerequisite.

So, I enrolled in Psych Statistics. It was my first college course in 9 years, and remember, I am truly bad with math.

I got an A in the course! I worked hard at it, but I did it.

Statistics is the only math course I've ever taken that made sense. Yes, you work formulas, but they are set formulas and will look exactly the same every time; you just plug in the appropriate numbers. The formula works out to something meaningful, like the number of people in the study who had a certain result.

I have never liked algebra because it doesn't make sense to me to work out a problem only to get an answer like "xyz squared." Well, what does that mean???

In your situation, I'd vote for Statistics over algebra. I personally found it much easier and more meaningful, and it did help with understanding Research later.