Statistics III: 3 hours

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(Prerequisites: ST 3133 and ST 3213 ). Three hours lecture. Focus on introduction to inference. An applied introduction to statistical inference for real data: sampling distributions and variability, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, comparing groups (means and proportions), categorical data analysis (chi-square), one-way ANOVA, and an introduction to simple linear regression inference and resampling (bootstrap/permutation). Emphasis on assumptions, interpretation, effect sizes, and clear communication using statistical software