The purpose of studying probability and statistics is to learn how to solve the problems these tools can help solve. Such problems are found in the practice of science, of course. But many of the problems of daily living can also be better understood with the aid of probability and statistics. It is particularly for the latter reason that one may consider teaching these ideas to high school or even pre-high-school students.
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Simon et al. (1969) studied this question.