Introductory Statistics Plus

Catalog description

This course prepares the student for the introductory statistics course by embedding prerequisite concepts to ensure success in the introductory statistics course. This course emphasizes the understanding of statistical methods and the use of critical thinking in analyzing sets of data so as to make productive decisions. Topics covered include: descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, graphical displays of data, concepts of probability, introduction to random variables and their probability distributions, the binomial probability distribution, the normal probability distribution, the Student-t distribution, confidence intervals, sampling techniques, the Central Limit Theorem, hypothesis testing, Type I and Type II errors, p-values, linear regression and correlation concepts.