This is our very basic introductory level statistics. It is designed
for students from disciplines across the college who will be using statistics
in their other coursework and after they leave the college. Topics
covered include: descriptive statistics; a small amount of probability;
confidence intervals and hypothesis tests for one and two sample means
and one and two sample proportions; an introduction to simple linear regression;
and possibly the chi-square test for independence in contingency tables.
The prerequisite is two years of high school algebra.
This sequence of courses is designed for mathematics majors and those students
who might like to become a statistician. The first block is spent
studying the probability necessary to do statistics, as well as the discussions
of data collection. The second block is spent working on statistics,
including a block long data collection and analysis project.