STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods

Prerequisite(s): MA 14700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MA 15200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MA 15300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MA 21300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 060 OR S12 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 560 OR A02 FOR MIN. SCORE OF 28

Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to statistical methods with applications to diverse fields. Emphasis on understanding and interpreting standard techniques. Data analysis for one and several variables, design of samples and experiments, basic probability, sampling distributions, confidence intervals and significance tests for means and proportions, correlation and regression. Software is used throughout. For statistics majors and minors, credit should be allowed in no more than one of STAT 30100, 30301, 35000, 35500, 50100, and in no more than one of STAT 50300 and STAT 51100. Prerequisite: college algebra.
General Education: Quantitative Reasoning
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Students will be introduced to statistical methods and be able to apply them to multiple fields of study.2. Students will be able to understand, interpret standard statistical techniques, analyze data for one variable and for several variables, calculate and use confidence intervals and significance test for means and proportions, understand the design of samples and experiments, perform and understand basic probability calculations, perform simple and multiple regression procedures, and understand correlation.

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