Probability & Statistics

(1.5 Credits)

This course introduces the basic concepts of probability and statistics. We will study the concepts of population and sample, discuss the difference between population parameters and sample statistics, and draw inferences from known sample statistics to usually unknown population parameters. We will study discrete distributions along with their means and standard deviations, paying particular attention to the binomial distribution. We will also study continuous distributions and their probability density functions, paying special attention to the most central of the continuous distributions—the normal distribution. The Central Limit Theorem will be introduced and confidence intervals and statistical tests will be discussed.