ROWAN UNIVERSITY
Department of Mathematics
Syllabus
1702.100 - Elementary Statistics
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
1702.100 Elementary Statistics 3 s.h.
This course gives a basic introduction to the fundamental concepts and methods of statistics. Its topics include: basic measures of central tendency and variability, graphical displays, descriptive simple linear regression, elementary probability, the normal and t-distributions, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Use of a statistical calculator, graphing calculator or software package is required.
Many majors require a different introductory statistics course; students should check their major requirements before signing up for this course.
OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of this course are to provide literacy in statistics. Successful students will gain an understanding of statistical concepts and calculations common to all disciplines.
CONTENT:
1. The relevance of statistics in areas where statistics is used
2. Descriptive statistics and graphical displays
3. Correlation and descriptive simple linear
regression
4. Elementary sampling and design of experiments
5. Elementary probability and sampling distributions
6. The normal and t-distributions
7. One-sample confidence intervals and hypothesis testing
POSSIBLE TEXTS:
*Triola, Mario P. Elementary Statistics, Pearson/Addison-Wesley. 9/E
Brase,
Charles H., and Corrinne P. Brase,
Understanding Basic Statistics.
Johnson, Robert, and Patricia Kuby, Just The Essentials of Elementary Statistics. 2nd edition.
Mann, Prem S., Introductory Statistics, 4th
edition. Wiley,
Moore, David S., The Basic Practice of Statistics, 2nd edition.
W.H.
Weiss, Neil A., Elementary Statistics, 4th edition. Addison-Wesley
Longman,