Core Curriculum Course Information

Course Code: STA120
Area of Study: Core Curriculum 
Course Name: Statistics
Course Title: Introductory Statistics
Credit Hour(s): 4
Prerequisites: Satisfactory performance on the mathematics placement exam, or Fundamentals of Mathematics 105
Corequisites: n/a
Notes: Recommended for freshmen and available to first-semester sophomores
Course Description: The course develops quantitative and computational skills necessary in the collection, organization, and interpretation of data. Topics include techniques in sampling and data organization, measures of central tendency and dispersion, an introduction to correlation and linear regression, elementary probability, confidence intervals and an introduction to hypothesis testing. The course is project-oriented and the laboratory component emphasizes the use of calculators, computers and statistically-oriented software.

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