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by SavantIdiot 1721 days ago
That's how it was introduced to me. Which is probably part of the discussion about what should be taught first.
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I was introduced to the topic on its own, so that colors my perspective as well I suppose.

If I were to think about what a high school student would get the most value out of, it would realistically involve a combination of linear algebra and statistics (getting into basic linear modeling/ols). You’d have to hand wave away some of the proofs which require knowledge of calculus, but high school classes aren’t very rigorous anyways.