Other professors and TFs say that although the classes do not emphasize the mathematical processes and equations that were once tested on the QR examination, students can learn more from learning general concepts.
Though the QR classes are not as difficult as Math 25 or some of the statistics classes that first-years can take in their place, Faculty members say they are only working if they make sure students learn the skills they need for the real world.
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"We do hope that the students who just finished are prepared to identify some invalid claims and to think differently about quantitative issues," Morris says. "If they have, they can continue to train themselves via issues that arise in their daily experience."