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2017-2018 Academic Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MA 108 - Introduction to Probability & Statistics

Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Credit Hours: 3

This course introduces all of the important topics that will be needed to begin a serious study of probability and statistics. Descriptive statistics; counting techniques and basic rules of probability; binomial and normal distributions and the sampling distribution of the sample mean; basics of inference on the population mean using interval estimates and tests of hypotheses. Incoming cadets with credit for AP Statistics do not need to take this course.