What is the difference between Reasoning Abstractly and Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning?
Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning involves the analysis of data or the application of mathematical (generally algebraic) models. Reasoning Abstractly will train you in the use of general deductive reasoning and the study of abstract (as opposed to specific, concrete) objects. Many mathematical subjects, like calculus, involve both areas of study. Other areas of mathematics, like geometry, involve abstract but not quantitative or analytical reasoning. Similarly, many physical sciences make heavy use of data analysis or of analytic models without studying the abstract properties of the models or methods of analysis.
Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning studies the analysis of data or the use of mathematical (generally algebraic) models. Reasoning Abstractly will train you in the use of general deductive reasoning and the study of abstract (as opposed to specific, concrete) objects. Many mathematical subjects, like calculus and statistics, involve both areas of study. Other areas of mathematics, like geometry, involve abstract but not quantitative or analytical reasoning. Similarly, many physical sciences make heavy use of data analysis or analytic models without studying their abstract properties.
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