MATH 1610 - Statistics for Decision Making

3 unit(s)

Introductory course for students in business administration. Data summarization, review of probability distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation, regression. May use statistical computer packages.

Satisfies G.E. area 2.

Prerequisites: Mathematics Placement category I or II, Introductory course for students in business administration. Data summarization, review of probability distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation, regression.

Course Learning Outcomes List
Students will be able to:

Describe and represent statistical data (PLO #2, 7);
Identify appropriate methods for collecting data (PLO #2);
Distinguish the difference between quantitative and qualitative data and recognize when each is appropriate (PLO #7);
Build confidence intervals to estimate population parameters such as means and proportions from statistical data (PLO #1, 2);
Perform hypothesis tests for population parameters and appropriately interpret the results (PLO #1, 3);
Analyze the extent to which variables are correlated (PLO #2); and,
Determine the best way to represent statistical data formulaically (PLO #2).

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