Special emphasis is placed upon available methods for both exploratory and confirmatory data analysis. Particular attention is given to statistical methods for data sets with discrete variables. Computer laboratory to accompany STAT 2023. A problem-oriented course with applications from many fields. Emphasis on understanding the nature of statistical orderliness implied by probability laws.
Statistical analysis is treated as a means of decision making in the face of uncertainty.
A calculus-based introduction to the foundations of probability and statistics. Emphasis is placed upon understanding elementary properties of probabilities, events, statistical densities and distributions, properties of random variables, law of large numbers, and their relationship to sampling and statistical inference. Concepts of probability, sampling, regression, and experimental design. Emphasis on use of integrated statistical packages to complement statistical methodology being covered concurrently in STAT 4003. Chi square tests.