Catalog Description: The use and misuse of statistics in real-life
situations. Basic statistical measures of central tendency and dispersion; frequency distributions; elements of probability, binomial and normal distributions; small- and large-sample hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and chi-square test; and regression. (May not be taken by students with credit for AMS 110 , 110, 310 , or 311 ; ECO 320; PSY 201 or SOC 311,312.).
Prerequisite: Satisfaction of Entry Skill in Mathematics.
3 credits
Current Text: Interactive Statistics with additional readings, 4th ed., by Aliaga and Gunderson, Pearson Note: AMS 102 uses a specially compiled version of this text.
ISBN # 9780536530837
AMS 102 IS ALSO OFFERED DURING BOTH SESSIONS OF SUMMER SCHOOL. CHECK THE SUMMER SCHOOL BULLETIN FOR TIMES.
Topics
1. Introduction and Concept of Randomized Experiments – 5 class hours
2. Elements of Probability Theory - 6 hours
3. Tests of Hypothesis - 4 class hours
4. Conditional Probability and its Applications - 3 class hours
5. Confidence Intervals - 4 class hours
6. Student's t test - 3 class hours
7. Cross-Tabulation Analysis - 5 class hours
8. Linear Regression - 6 class hours
9. Examinations and Review – 6 class hours.