MA 2023

Description

Provides the basic principles and issues relevant to the understanding of data sources and research. Students gain an overview of the basic concepts of statistics by exploring the world of descriptive statistics, probability, and inferential statistics.

Objectives

1. Define statistics and identify its scope and limitations.
2. Describe and apply the basic concepts in statistics.
3. Compute the measures of location and measures of dispersion and interpret it for descriptive statistics.
4. Represent the statistical data in different forms, and interpret the different representations.
5. Perform linear regression and correlation analysis.
6. Describe the basic concepts of probability.
7. Describe and apply the discrete and continuous distributions of probability.
8. Construct a hypothesis on one and two samples and perform statistical inference of the same.
9. Apply nonparametric methods of statistical analysis.

PreRequisites

MA 1150: Algebra I or equivalent

Textbook(s)

* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the CSU Bookstore at bookstore@columbiasouthern.edu