Elementary Statistical Methods

Catalog description

Elementary Statistical Methods: An elementary introduction to probability, common probability distributions such as the binomial and Gaussian distributions, exploratory analysis of data, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, contingency table analysis and chi-square goodness-of-fit, simple linear regression, one-way ANOVA, and Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. A statistical software package will be used for analysis of data and simulations to illustrate concepts.