Elementary Statistics

Catalog description

This course will enable the student to collect data by appropriate sampling techniques, summarize data with graphs and tables, calculate descriptive statistics, identify misuses of statistics, assess risk using concepts of probability, estimate and make decisions about means and proportions through the use of confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, and perform linear regression. Topics include: Data Collection; Organizing and Summarizing Data; Numerically Summarizing Data; Describing the Relation between Two Variables; Probability; Discrete Probability Distributions; The Normal Probability Distribution; Sampling Distributions; Estimating the Value of a Parameter; Hypothesis Tests Regarding A Parameter, and Inferences on Two Samples. The learning outcomes and competencies detailed in this outline meet, or exceed the learning outcomes and competencies specified by the Kansas Core Outcomes Project for this course, as approved by the Kansas Board of Regents (Transfers as MAT 1020).