STAT 30100 Elementary Statistical Methods I (3 cr.) P: MATH 11000 or MATH 11100 with C or higher or by placement test. Not open to students in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Fall, spring, summer. 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, and correlation and regression. Software is used throughout.
STAT 35000 Introduction to Statistics (3 cr.) P: MATH 16600 with a C or higher. Spring. A data-oriented introduction to the fundamental concepts and methods of applied statistics. STAT 35000 is intended primarily for majors in the mathematical sciences: mathematics, actuarial sciences, mathematics education. The objective is to acquaint the students with the essential ideas and methods of statistical analysis for data in simple settings.
