MATH 115 - Statistics
- Prerequisite: "C" or higher in MATH 25 OR placement in MATH 115
- Recommended Prep: Placement in ENG 22/60
A basic introduction to topics in statistics, with a brief look at probability. Emphasis on applications to physical and social sciences.
Contact: 3 hours lecture per week
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of MATH 115, the student will be able to:
- Articulate and interpret various descriptive statistics, such as mean, median, mode, range, variance, and standard deviation
- Organize, draw, and interpret various graphs such as frequency histograms, bar graphs, and pie charts
- Solve probability problems involving the concepts of independent events, mutually exclusive events and conditional probability
- Use the binomial and normal probability distributions to calculate the mean and standard deviation
- Calculate probabilities involving normal random variables
- Determine and interpret (for large samples) confidence interval estimates of population means
- Perform hypothesis testing
- Draw a scatter diagram, determine and draw the corresponding regression line, and calculate and interpret the corresponding correlation coefficient for a set of paired data.
In general, the course will provide the student with a basic working knowledge of the methods of statistical inference, and how these methods can be applied to eal life"" situations. In particular"," the formation and testing hypotheses is emphasized.
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