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Learn some basic concepts of probability theory, especially random variables, in particular the binomial and normal random variables. Understand the meaning of the Central Limit Theorem. Be able to determine confidence intervals and perform hypothesis tests for means and proportions. Learn how to do chi-squared tests. (Learning Goals:Q;Distribution Reqs:Mathematics,Computing & Logic)

Students will communicate statistics effectively, both orally and in writing.Students will learn the basic concepts of statistics: descriptive measures, basic probability, the creation and interpretation of confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and regression models.Students will take the basic concepts of statistics and learn how the theory they learned might be applied in the development of data, and most of all, in the reading, understanding and evaluation of that data.Students will then be able to apply their knowledge of statistics to their areas of concentration (I.E BUSINESS OR THE NATURAL SCIENCES.)The students will utilize statistical software in the analysis of data: TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator

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