Description
MATH 1342 – APPLIED STATISTICS (Formerly Statistics) (3 hrs.) Course offerings consist of the two basic concepts: descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics includes a study of basic vocabulary and description of data collecting; summarizing and presenting data; measures of dispersion and variability and their significance. Inferential statistics deals with survey of concepts of probability; discrete and normal distributions and their application; sampling, tests of hypotheses, and non-parametric tests. Each student will be required to conceptualize, design, and implement a project. Prerequisite: six hours of mathematics. Computer skills will be useful.