MATH 1101 - Introduction to StatisticsCourse Description: Nature of statistics. Descriptive statistics, graphical methods, measures of central tendency and variability. Probability, correlation and regression, sampling distributions. Inferential statistics, estimation and hypothesis testing, tests of independence and nonparametric statistics. Use of computer statistical packages. Prerequisite: MATH 0012 or appropriate placement. 3 credits Note: This course is NOT for students majoring in sociology, political science, social work, social and behavioral sciences, criminal justice, diplomacy, and anthropology. Note:
that in this class we will make extensive use of the computer program Microsoft
Excel The Summer Session
2004 section represents an online course.
There are no physical
class meeting; the class is conducted exlusively through email and
various Blackboard-related tools. You must check you SHU email
regularly to participate in this course, and you must have access to
the Internet without interruption for the entire time the course lasts
(June 1 to about July 15).
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