MATH 171 - Statistical Decision Making

3 credits.
An elementary statistics course designed to give students a working knowledge of the ideas and tools of practical statistics and their usefulness in problem solving and decision making. Topics include graphical displays of data, measures of central tendency and variability, sampling distributions, and confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for means and proportions. Additional topics my include elementary probability concepts, correlation and regression, or Chi Square analysis. Special emphasis is placed upon the proper use and interpretation of statistics in real life situations.

Prerequisite(s): None.
Corequisite(s): None.

*Fulfills General Education Goal 5.