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Professionals in virtually every field are now expected
to be well-versed in quantitative tools. For example:
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Lawyers rely on careful logic to build their cases
on subtle arguments about probability
to establish or refute "reasonable
doubt."
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Doctors need both understanding of statistical evidence
and the ability to explain risks with sufficient clarity to ensure
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Journalists need a sophisticated
understanding of quantitative issues (especially of risks, rates,
samples, surveys, and statistical evidence) to develop an informed
and skeptical understanding of events in the news.
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School administrators deal regularly with complex
issues of scheduling, budgeting, inventory, and planning-all of
which have many quantitative dimensions.
Social workers need to understand complex state
and federal regulations about income and expenses to explain and
verify their clients' personal budgets.
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Chefs use quantitative tools to plan
schedules, balance costs against value of ingredients, and monitor
nutritional balance of meals.
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Architects use geometry and computer graphics
to
design structures, statistics and probability to model usage, and
calculus to understand engineering principles.
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