Descriptive statistics: organization of data, sample surveys, experiments and observational studies, measures of central tendency and dispersion, correlation, regression lines, and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Probability theory. Random variables: expected value, variance, independence, probability distributions, normal approximation. Sampling: sampling distributions, and statistical inference, estimating population parameters, interval estimation, standard tests of hypotheses.
This class will be taught in person at the Ocean campus. Students can send email to the instructor if they have questions before the semester begins.
PREREQ: Intermediate algebra or higher Recommended Preparation, Readiness for college-level English or ESL 188