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STAT 401 (Applied Probability and Statistics II)

DESCRIPTION This is an introductory course in statistics teaching basic concepts and techniques and applications of these techniques to different fields.
PREREQUISITES STAT 400 or equivalent
TOPICS Refresher mini-course in probability
     Basic distributions
     Central limit theorem
     Law of large numbers
Interval estimation in small and large samples
Hypothesis testing
     Basic concepts
     Testing for normal population
     p-value
Analysis of variance
     Models
     Single and multifactor analysis
     Interaction 
Regression and correlation
     Least squares method
     Inference for regression parameters
Analysis of categorical data
Elements of nonparametric methods

TEXT Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences,  6th ed.,  by J. Devore.  Published by Thomson Publishing.  MINITAB Version 14 (Student Edition). Included with textbook.  
ISBN: 0534195539 (Current)