LAM 109 Statistical Literacy

This course introduces statistical ideas needed by educated people in the twenty-first century. Students are presented with the basic language, symbols, and computational tools of data analysis to explore real-world problems. Use of statistical reasoning to gain insight and draw conclusions from observations is covered. Topics include: experimental design, displaying data, measures of center and spread, normal distributions, percentiles, simple linear regression and correlation, probability laws, and confidence intervals. Counts in the Quantitative Reasoning Area of General Requirements. This course cannot be used to satisfy requirements or electives in majors, minors, or concentrations in mathematics. Prerequisite(s): Placement or LAM 100B Basic Algebra. Students cannot receive credit for both LAM 109 Statistical Literacy and LAM 106 Basic Statistics or both LAM 109 Statistical Literacy and LAM 216 Statistical Methods. 5 quarter hours

Credits

5

Distribution

Mathematics