BTRY 3010 - Statistics I

(crosslisted) STSCI 2200
(MQL-AG, OPHLS-AG)

Fall. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will receive credit for only one course in the following group: AEM 2100, BTRY 3010, BTRY 6010, CRP 1200, ENGRD 2700, ILRST 2100, ILRST 6100, MATH 1710, PUBPOL 2100, PUBPOL 2101, PSYCH 2500, SOC 3010, STSCI 2100, STSCI 2150, STSCI 2200.
Prerequisite: one semester of calculus. Co-meets with BTRY 5010/STSCI 5200.

J. Entner.

Students will be able to perform a variety of basic statistical analyses including: t-tests, two-sample t-tests, tests for categorical data, and linear regression.

Outcome 1: Students will be able to design an experiment using randomization techniques.

Outcome 2: Students will be able to use R Markdown for reproducible research.

Outcome 3: Students will be able to produce effective graphical summaries of collected data.

Outcome 4: Students will learn how sampling distributions are determined and utilized for statistical analysis.

Outcome 5: Students will understand why some estimators are more desirable than others.

Outcome 6: Students will be able to perform a variety of basic statistical analyses including: t-tests, ANOVA, two-sample t-tests, tests for categorical data, linear regression, and multiple linear regression.

Outcome 7: Students will be able to assess the quality of a statistical analysis.