MA 6100 - Probability and Statistics

Credits: 3

Description This course presents the mathematical laws of random phenomena, including discrete and continuous random variables, expectation and variance, and common probability distributions such as the binomial, Poisson, and normal distributions. Topics also include basic ideas and techniques of statistical analysis such as descriptive statistics, frequency distributions and graphs, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, correlation, inferential statistics and hypothesis testing and error. Structures and problems relevant to the secondary mathematics curriculum will be addressed.

Prerequisites: undergraduate courses in Calculus III, Linear Algebra, and Logic or Discrete Mathematics.