Mathematics (MATH) |
218 Fenton, 346-4705
College of Arts & Sciences
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g - Graphing calculator may be required; TI-83, TI-83 Plus or TI-84 recommended
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Course Data
| MATH 243 + Dis >4 |
0.00 cr. |
| Discrete and continuous probability, data description and analysis, sampling distributions, emphasizes confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Students cannot receive credit for both MATH 243 and 425. |
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Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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Acker D |
Office:
1B Deady Hall
Phone:
(541) 346-0983
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13686 |
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31 |
1700-1750 |
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Acker D |
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Associated Sections |
Lecture |
13680 |
8 |
496 |
0830-0950 |
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Harker H |
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Academic Deadlines
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Last day to: |
| September 28: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| October 4: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| October 4: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded) |
| October 5: |
Drop this course (75% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 5: |
Process a complete drop (75% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| October 7: |
Add this course |
| October 7: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| October 11: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| October 18: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| October 25: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| November 15: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
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Expanded Course Description
| Text: "Basic Principles of Statistics", 3rd edition. Moore.
The emphasis of the course is on statistical reasoning: interpretation of and critical thinking about statistical information. The main concepts will be illustrated by a variety of interesting and important real world examples.
These will include issues under current discussion in society that have a statistical component, in particular political polling and various studies In the social sciences.
The course will cover the following topics: Displaying distributions with graphs, Describing distributions with numbers, Density curves, Normal distributions, Scatterplots, Correlation, Least-squares regression, Designing samples, Designing experiments, Probability models, Sampling distributions, The central limit theorem, Estimating with confidence, Tests of significance, t-test and t-confidence interval, Comparing two means, Inference for a population proportion, Comparing two proportions.
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