MTH 120 - Introduction to Statistics

Topics covered include the uses and abuses of data, presentation and analysis of data using technology, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, types of distributions (Binomial, Poisson, normal, Students), sampling and sampling distributions, testing hypotheses, estimation, regression and correlation. This is a beginning course in statistics that will be beneficial to students majoring in any field in which measurements and predictions are made.
Prerequisite(s): MTH 110 or MTH 112 or HIT 106 or appropriate placement by college assessment
4 credits = 4 lecture