Introduction to Statistical and Data Sciences

An introduction to statistical methods and the examination of data sets for students with a background in calculus. Topics include descriptive statistics, elementary distributions for data, hypothesis tests, confidence intervals, and regression. Students develop skills in data cleaning, wrangling, visualization, and model fitting using the Statistical Software R. Emphasis will be placed on reproducibility. (MATH 0121 or equivalent, or by placement.) (Not open to students who have taken MATH 0116, ECON 0111 (formerly ECON 0210), PSYC 0201, or STAT 0116)