MCS 142: Introduction to Statistics--Fall 2006


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Gathering, organizing and describing data, probability, random variables, sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, linear regression, and analysis of variance. Treatment is more mathematical than MCS-140, but the emphasis is still on applications. Introduction to the use of computerized statistical packages. Students who have already taken a statistics course may not earn credit for MCS-142.
Prerequisite: MCS-121, Calculus I
This course satisfies the MATHL general education requirement (QUANT, pre-2005).

Instructor

John Holte
holte@gac.edu