STAT 269 Introductory Statistics

An introductory course in statistics for students in the social and natural sciences. Students will build numeric and graphical summaries of data, apply sampling and basic probability terminology, identify features of the binomial distribution, use the normal distribution and the Central Limit Theorem to find probabilities, construct hypotheses for one-sample and two-sample settings and test them, discuss conditions and potential errors, and build confidence intervals. An introduction to computing software (Minitab) as a tool is included. A scientific calculator with STAT mode for data entry is required.