This course focuses on the practical methods of statistics. Topics will include: descriptive statistics; probability; discrete and continuous random variables and their probability distributions, including the binomial, Poisson, and normal distributions; sampling distributions; statistical inference including confidence intervals and hypothesis tests; one- and two-sample inference procedures; one-way analysis of variance; chi-square tests; simple linear regression and correlation. Assignments will deal with real data from the natural sciences and involve the use of statistical software for computing and visualization.
This course focuses on the practical methods of statistics. Topics will include: descriptive statistics; probability; discrete and continuous random variables and their probability distributions, including the binomial, Poisson, and normal distributions; sampling distributions; statistical inference including confidence intervals and hypothesis tests; one- and two-sample inference procedures; one-way analysis of variance; chi-square tests; simple linear regression and correlation. Assignments will deal with real data from the natural sciences and involve the use of statistical software for computing and visualization.
