Results: Mathematical Skills
1.
1.
Do you enjoy doing math? Yes
38%
•
597 votes
No
49%
•
764 votes
Undecided
9%
•
142 votes
Not Applicable
4%
•
61 votes
2.
2.
Does your job require you to do calculations of any kind? Yes
33%
•
514 votes
No
31%
•
482 votes
Undecided
4%
•
57 votes
Not Applicable
33%
•
511 votes
3.
3.
What was the most advanced math course you took? Common Algebra
35%
•
540 votes
Pre-calculus
7%
•
107 votes
Calculus
15%
•
233 votes
Multivariable Calculus
3%
•
41 votes
Differential equations
5%
•
73 votes
Linear Algrebra
4%
•
65 votes
Complex Analysis
4%
•
55 votes
N.A
25%
•
392 votes
Other (please specify)
4%
•
58 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| trig | 0.45% | 7 |
| 0.32% | 5 | |
| geometry | 0.32% | 5 |
| don't remember | 0.13% | 2 |
| basic math | 0.13% | 2 |
| trigonometry | 0.13% | 2 |
| stats | 0.13% | 2 |
| statistics | 0.13% | 2 |
| plane geometry | 0.06% | 1 |
| geometry related! | 0.06% | 1 |
| algebra iii and geometry iii | 0.06% | 1 |
| probability and statistics | 0.06% | 1 |
| pre algebra | 0.06% | 1 |
| highshcool math | 0.06% | 1 |
| college algebra | 0.06% | 1 |
| i can't even remember | 0.06% | 1 |
| basic operations | 0.06% | 1 |
| integrated algebra and trig | 0.06% | 1 |
| accounting | 0.06% | 1 |
| just the basics | 0.06% | 1 |
| triginometry | 0.06% | 1 |
| not sure,they were all hard for me | 0.06% | 1 |
| general math | 0.06% | 1 |
| algebra/trigonometry class | 0.06% | 1 |
| i dont remember | 0.06% | 1 |
| every class available in hs and then all required to graduate from college | 0.06% | 1 |
| limits, you know all the way around the room. | 0.06% | 1 |
| trigonometry and hated it | 0.06% | 1 |
| excel | 0.06% | 1 |
| general | 0.06% | 1 |
| whatever college math 101 was | 0.06% | 1 |
| linear algebra and calculus | 0.06% | 1 |
| basic enough to balance a check book and pay bills and i am not sure that is needed in the computr age | 0.06% | 1 |
| nonlinear differential equations and category theory in applied optimization theory | 0.06% | 1 |
| trignimotry. | 0.06% | 1 |
| financial accounting | 0.06% | 1 |
| business math college | 0.06% | 1 |
| can't recall | 0.06% | 1 |
| topology, at the m.a. level. | 0.06% | 1 |
4.
4.
Do you think everyone should be required to take advanced math courses in college (post-calculus I and II), regardless of major? Yes
19%
•
291 votes
No
51%
•
802 votes
Undecided
21%
•
336 votes
Not Applicable
9%
•
135 votes
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