Simmons University

STAT118 - 05 - Introductory Statistics

Credits

4.0

Term

Sep 2 - Dec 13

Open Seats

21 of 25

Schedule

Mon, Wed, Fri 1:00 – 1:50pm

Course Type

Lecture

Location

In Person

Section

05

Faculty

Hong Pan

Prerequisites

CR: Completed MATH 101 or Math Competency Exam, Math Proficiency Equivalent (WAIVER), or MATH_PROF w/ Transfer Credit

Description

This is an introduction to statistics for everyone who needs to collect, describe, and draw inferences from data. We will discuss various sources of data (experiments, surveys, etc.), graphical and numerical descriptions of data, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for drawing inferences, and simple and multiple linear regression for making predictions. Students will become proficient in the use of R for these tasks.