This course offers a comprehensive introduction to statistics, covering essential topics that form the foundation of a first-year statistics curriculum. Students will engage with various concepts including:
- Descriptive statistics and measures of central tendency such as median, mean, and mode
- Sampling and population means, as well as variance calculations
- Standard deviation and its significance in data interpretation
- Probability distributions, including binomial and normal distributions
- The central limit theorem and its implications for sampling distributions
- Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing strategies
- Regression analysis and understanding statistical significance
- Chi-square tests for categorical data
With practical applications and examples, this course equips students with the skills to analyze data effectively and make informed decisions based on statistical evidence.