Emphasis will be placed on providing the student with problem-solving skills and the ability to interpret the results of basic statistical analysis. Following a brief introduction to statistics and statistical inference, students enrolled in AGSC 135 are introduced to common measures of central tendency and dispersion used in summarizing data followed by an introduction to the main concepts of probability and probability distributions. Towards the end of the semester, students enrolled in AGSC 135 will be provided with key material on sampling and sampling distributions. To provide the student with an appreciation of the types of problems in agriculture that can be analyzed statistically. To acquaint the student with the use of computer technology in interpreting research data and making presentations.
Students are also welcome to make appointments to see the instructor at other times.
Students with disabilities who require accommodations to fully-participate in the course activities are requested to contact the instructor within the first two weeks of the semester. This is a one-credit hour course. The class includes one contact hour per week for 15 weeks. Davis, B. 2000. Introduction to Agricultural Statistics .