MATH1118 - 03 - Introduction to Statistics With R

(QR) Quantitative Reasoning (QA) Quantitative Analysis

This is an introductory course in statistics. The objective of this course is to organize, summarize, interpret, and present data using graphical and tabular representations; apply principles of inferential statistics; and assess the validity of statistical conclusions. Students will learn to select and apply appropriate statistical tests and determine reasonable inferences and predictions from a set of data. Topics include descriptive statistics; introduction to probability; probability distributions including normal and t-distributions; confidence intervals; hypothesis testing; correlation and regression; two-way tables and chi-square test. Course uses R statistical software. Students may not receive credit for both MATH 1118 and MATH 1117.