Minor in Statistics (18 hours*)
Program Requirements
- Complete one course from the following:
STAT 221 : Principles of Statistics.
(3:3:2)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su; Independent Study also; Honors also. |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 110 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Stemplots, boxplots, histograms, scatterplots; central tendency, variability; confidence intervals and hypothesis testing involving one and two means and proportions; contingency tables, simple linear regression. |
: Honors Principles of Statistics.
STAT 301 : Statistics and Probability for Secondary Educators.
(3:3:2)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 113. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Statistics and probability, emphasizing secondary-specific curriculum. Principles of counting, probability distributions, density functions, graphical methods, descriptive and inferential statistics, computer package. |
STAT 321 : Elements of Mathematical Statistics.
(3:3:2)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Math 113 or 119 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Probability, random variables, frequency distributions, estimation and tests of hypotheses from a theoretical standpoint. |
STAT 331 : Introduction to Bayesian Statistics.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 113. |
| DESCRIPTION: | The scientific method; conditional probability; Bayes' Theorem; conjugate distributions: Beta-binomial, Poisson-gamma, normal-normal; Gibbs sampling. |
STAT 332 : Quality Improvement for Industry.
(3:3:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Math 112 or 119. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Quality management philosophies (Deming, etc.). Strategies for continuous improvement. Graphical and numerical methods of data analysis. Process control charts. Design and analysis of experiments for process characterization and improvement. |
Note: Students who have passed the AP statistics exam or an introductory statistics course should not take Stat 221.
- Complete 15 additional credit hours from Stat 124, 224 and courses numbered 333 or higher (excluding Stat 470, 472, 474, 475, 510, 532).
*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.