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2009 - 2010

Minor in Statistics (18 hours*)


Program Requirements

  1. Complete one course from the following:
      STAT 221 : Principles of Statistics. (3:3:2) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
      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)
      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)
      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)
      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)
      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.
  2. 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.



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