Arthur Benjamin: Teach statistics before calculus!

Translator: Gulnoza Yakubova Reviewer: Nafissa Yakubova

Now, if President Obama

Agar Prezident Obama

invited me to be the next Czar of Mathematics,

meni matematikaning keyingi Qiroli bo'lishga taklif etsa,

then I would have a suggestion for him

bu davlatda

that I think would vastly improve

matematika ta'limini

the mathematics education in this country.

juda ham rivojlantirar edim, deb o'ylayman.

And it would be easy to implement

Buni amalga oshirish oson bo'lardi

and inexpensive.

va ko'p mablag' talab qilmas edi.

The mathematics curriculum that we have

Bizda mavjud bo'lgan matematika o'quv rejasi

is based on a foundation of arithmetic and algebra.

arifmetika va algebra asoslarida tuzilgan.

And everything we learn after that

Shundan beri o'rganadiganimiz

is building up towards one subject.

bitta fanga olib boradi.

And at top of that pyramid, it's calculus.

O'sha piramidaning eng yuqorisida esa oliy matematika.

And I'm here to say

Men shuni aytmoqchimanki,

that I think that that is the wrong summit of the pyramid ...

mening o'ylashimcha, bu oliy matematika piramidaning noto'g'ri cho'qqisi...

that the correct summit -- that all of our students,

hamma o'quvchilar,

every high school graduate should know --

har bir o'rta maktab bitiruvchisi bilishi kerak bo'lgan fan --

should be statistics:

statistika -- piramidaning to'g'ri cho'qqisi bo'lishi kerak:

probability and statistics.

taxminiylik va statistika.

(Applause)

(Qarsaklar)

I mean, don't get me wrong. Calculus is an important subject.

Meni noto'g'ri tushunmanglar. Oliy matematika muhim fan.

It's one of the great products of the human mind.

Bu inson ongining buyuk mahsulotlaridan biridir.

The laws of nature are written in the language of calculus.

Tabiat qonunlari oliy matematika tilida yozilgan.

And every student who studies math, science, engineering, economics,

Matematika, tabiiy fanlar, muhandislik va iqtisod sohalarida o'qiydigan har bir talaba

they should definitely learn calculus

universitetning birinchi kursini tugallashiga qadar

by the end of their freshman year of college.

albatta oliy matematikani o'rganishlari kerak.

But I'm here to say, as a professor of mathematics,

Lekin, matematika professori sifatida aytmoqchimanki,

that very few people actually use calculus

juda kam insonlar oliy matematikadan

in a conscious, meaningful way, in their day-to-day lives.

kundalik hayotda mazmunli ravishda foydalanadilar.

On the other hand,

Boshqa bir tomondan esa,

statistics -- that's a subject that you could,

statistika -- siz odatiy kun mobaynida ishlata oladigan

and should, use on daily basis. Right?

va ishlatishingiz kerak bo'lgan fandir. Shundaymi?

It's risk. It's reward. It's randomness.

Bu tavakkalchilik. Bu mukofot. Bu duch kelgan, tartibsizlik.

It's understanding data.

Bu ma'lumotni tushunishdir.

I think if our students, if our high school students --

Agar yuqori sinf o'quvchilari --

if all of the American citizens --

agar hamma Amerika fuqarolari --

knew about probability and statistics,

taximiylik va statistikani bilganida,

we wouldn't be in the economic mess that we're in today. (Laughter) (Applause)

biz bugungidagidek iqtisodiy tartibsizlikda bo'lmas edik, deb o'ylayman.

Not only -- thank you -- not only that ...

Nafaqat bu -- rahmat -- nafaqat bu ...

but if it's taught properly, it can be a lot of fun.

[lekin] agar buni to'g'ri o'qitsak, bu fan juda ham qiziqarli bo'ladi.

I mean, probability and statistics,

Aytmoqchimanki, taxminiylik va statistika,

it's the mathematics of games and gambling.

bu o'yin va tavakkalchilik matematikasi.

It's analyzing trends. It's predicting the future.

Bu yo'nalishlarni tahlil qilish. Bu kelajak haqida taxmin qilish.

Look, the world has changed

E'tibor beringlar, dunyo

from analog to digital.

analog modeldan diskretga o'zgardi.

And it's time for our mathematics curriculum to change

Shunday ekan, matematika o'quv rejasining ham

from analog to digital,

modeldan (namunadan) elektronikaga o'zgarish payti keldi.

from the more classical, continuous mathematics,

An'anaviy, davomiy matematikadan

to the more modern, discrete mathematics --

zamonaviy, aniq matematikaga o'tish payti yetib keldi.

the mathematics of uncertainty,

Noma'lumlik matematikasi,

of randomness, of data --

ma'lumotning tartibsizligi, duch kelgan tartibda bo'lishi --

that being probability and statistics.

bu esa taximiniylik va statistikadir.

In summary, instead of our students

Hullas, o'quvchilarimiz oliy matematikaning

learning about the techniques of calculus,

uslublarini o'rganganidan ko'ra,

I think it would be far more significant

mening fikrimcha, agar ular o'rtacha ko'rsatkichdan

if all of them knew what two standard deviations

ikkita standard uzoqlik nimaligini bilsalar,

from the mean means. And I mean it.

ana bu ancha muhimroq bo'lar edi. Chin ma'noda aytyapman.

Thank you very much.

Katta rahmat.

(Applause)

(Qarsaklar)