Introduction to Statistics

Catalog description

(formerly: MATH 120 C Introduction to Statistics). All students may take MATH 120PC with the support course MATH 012C. Term hours: 72 lecture. This course is an introduction to statistical thinking and processes, including methods and concepts for discovery and decision-making using data. Topics include descriptive statistics; probability and sampling distributions; statistical inference; correlation and linear regression; analysis of variance, chi-squared, and t-tests; and application of technology for statistical analysis including the interpretation of the relevance of the statistical findings. Students apply methods and processes to applications using data from a broad range of disciplines. Topics also include measures of central tendency and dispersion, sampling techniques, parametric and non-parametric tests of hypotheses, and point and interval estimation. Applications to business, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences are emphasized. Students will use computer software and/or graphing calculators for statistical analysis of various topics. This course requires the use of a graphing calculator comparable to the TI-83/84. Duplicate credit not granted for MATH 120PC , MATH 126 C , PSY 161 C , PSY 161HC , SOC 161 C , or SOC 161HC . (UC Credit Limitation/CSU, AA GE, Cal-GETC, C-ID: MATH 110 and SOCI 125).