STA108

STA108: COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is an introductory course in Statistics and Probability, and it is aimed at students without any prior exposure to the course matter. The course is divided into five parts: introduction to statistics, descriptive statistics, correlation and regression, introduction to probability and probability distributions. Applications to more general everyday problems towards science and technology will be included in the course in order to provide a broader spectrum to the students and at the same time, develop their interest in the course. Students will also be able to interpret the computer output from the statistical software.

STA108: COURSE OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

1)    Apply the basic statistical concepts and tools in science. 

2)    Demonstrate the use of basic statistical knowledge and skills in science. 

3)    Determine an appropriate statistical skill in solving probability and statistics problems.