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DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to give a basic introduction to the fundamental concepts and methods of statistics.  Topics include basic measures of central tendency and variability, graphical displays, descriptive simple linear regression, elementary probability, the normal and t-distributions, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. 

OBJECTIVES

1. Use and understand basic statistical vocabulary and notation.
2. Understand the basic concepts of statistical sampling theory.
3. Generate and interpret statistical graphics.
4. Summarize data with descriptive statistics.
5. Understand basic probability concepts.

PREREQUISITES

None

TEXTBOOK(S)

Elementary Statistics (11th Ed.)

Publisher: Cengage (2012)

Author(s): Johnson, R.R.  & Kuby, P.J.

ISBN: 978-05387-3-3502

* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, contact Academic Affairs academics@uofriverside.com