Fall 2014

Introduction to Statistics

Listed in: Mathematics and Statistics, as STAT-111

Formerly listed as: ENST-24  |  MATH-17

Moodle sites: Course  |  Section 01  |  Section 02  |  Section 03

Faculty

Joanna M. Jeneralczuk (Section 02)
Xiaofei S. Wang (Sections 01 and 03)

Description

This course is an introduction to applied statistical methods useful for the analysis of data from all fields. Brief coverage of data summary and graphical techniques will be followed by elementary probability, sampling distributions, the central limit theorem and statistical inference. Inference procedures include confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for both means and proportions, the chi-square test, simple linear regression, and a brief introduction to analysis of variance (ANOVA). Four class hours per week (two will be held in the computer lab).  Labs are not interchangeable between sections due to course content.

Limited to 20 students per section. Fall semester:  Professors TBA.  Spring semester:  Professors TBA.

If Overenrolled: Preference given to Environmental Studies majors, then by class year, seniors first.

Keywords

Quantitative Reasoning, Science & Math for Non-majors

Offerings

2022-23: Offered in Fall 2022
Other years: Offered in Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Fall 2023