Re: teaching statistical methods by rules?

[R.W. Hutchinson]

        Sorry to get so close to "off topic" but:

There are persistent rumours that the U.S. Air Force, which has a massive educational
system, including teacher-training, does a far and away better job of "education"
than the "public school system." You don't have to be outstandingly intelligent to
join the Air Force, either, and it seems to be able to cope with a wide variety of
students.

        a) are the rumours false?

        b) if not, is the success a function of subject matter rather than their
approach to teaching, and hence presumably inapplicable to teaching Statistics?

        I am not, nor have I ever been, in the Air Force, and hence I am unable to
shed any light on the matter, but for DECADES I have been picking up rumours that
something about their educational system WORKS.
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