Elementary Statistics for Applications

Luther students only.

An introduction to statistical methods; descriptive statistics; the normal distribution; basic techniques of statistical inference; confidence intervals and hypothesis tests for population means and proportions; simple linear regression; and one-way analysis of variance. ***Prerequisite: Foundations of Math 20 or Precalculus 20 or Apprenticeship & Workplace Math 30 or MATH A30 or AMTH 091 or MATH 101*** *Note: STAT 100 and STAT 200 are designed to provide a year-long introduction to statistical methodology with a view towards applications and are not intended for majors in statistics, actuarial science, or any other program requiring a detailed knowledge of statistics. Students who receive credit for STAT 100 may not receive credit for STAT 160*