Syllabus: Stat 202 Fall 2014

Basic Statistics (Stat 202)

Instructor: Sean Carver, Ph.D., Professorial Lecturer, American University.

Contact:

• 107 Gray Hall

• carver@american.edu

• seancarverphd@gmail.com

• office phone: 202-885-6629

Course Description (from department website): Data presentation, display, and summary, averages, dispersion, simple linear regression, and correlation, probability, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and tests of significance. Use of statistical software both to analyze real data and to demonstrate and explore concepts.

Prerequisite: MATH-15x or higher, or permission of department.

Learning Outcomes: [Credit Emmanuel Addo, Spring 2013]. By the end of the course, the student should be able to:

• Use and understand common statistical terminology,
• Understand data collection methods including designed experiments and sampling methods,
• Know when to use stem plot, histograms, pie charts, bar charts, and box plots to describe a given distribution.