Course Description

MA141 Introduction to Applied Statistical Analysis 0.5

Numerical and graphical methods of descriptive statistics; basic probability; introduction to discrete and continuous random variables; sampling distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing for data from one and two normal populations. Applications to problems in science are emphasized and statistical software packages are used for data analysis.

Exclusion: MA140*, MA240, BU205, BU255/EC255; BU275/EC275 taken prior to September 1, 1996; EC235, EC285, KP262; all Honours Business, Honours Economics and Honours Mathematics programs; or any other statistical quantitative methods course.

3 lecture hours, 2 lab. hours

Official electronic version updated on November 10, 2000

M. Watson, Editor