Math 1107 - Elementary Statistics


1. Students should acquire appropriate vocabulary (population, sample, census, parameter, statistic) and notation.
2. Students will learn some general guidelines for collecting data.
3. Students will understand the difference between qualitative and quantitative data.
4. Students will be able to correctly plot and describe statistical data.
5. Students will be able to correctly interpret statistical plots.
6. Students will understand the importance of measures of center and variation.
7. Students will understand basic probability concepts and be able to use them accordingly.
8. Students will be able to build confidence intervals to estimate population parameters such as means and proportions from statistical data.
9. Students will be able to perform hypothesis tests for population parameters and appropriately interpret the results.
10. Students will be able to successfully use a software to describe, analyze, and perform inferential statistics.
11. Students will gain appreciation for the importance of statistics in everyday life.