Course Descriptions - Statistics (STAT)

STAT 216 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS
Credits: 4
Terms: (F,S)
Prerequisite: M 095 or M 116 with a grade of “C-” or higher, or qualifying placement assessment score within the past 3 years

This course presents concepts, principles, and methods of statistics from two perspectives: descriptive and inferential. Statistical topics include organizing data, sampling, and measures of central tendency, probability, correlation, random variables, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and inference.

STAT 217 INTERMEDIATE STATISTICAL CONCEPTS
Credits: 3
Term: (S)
Prerequisite: STAT 216

This course studies binomial distributions, simple and multiple linear regression, confidence intervals, F tests, and one-way analysis of variance. Statistical analyses are performed using computer software packages.