Offered as MATH 132A - Statistical Methods: General Statistics (GE3) or MATH 132B - Statistical Methods: Biostatistics (GE3). In this introduction to statistical methodology, students identify methods of acquiring, organizing and analyzing data so as to make decisions and respond to arguments. Topics include graphical representation of data, probability distributions, confidence intervals and hypothesis test, parametric and non-parametric techniques, regression and correlation, and analysis of variance.
Prerequisites:MATH 082 or satisfactory score on placement test. Credits: 4 cr