STAT 505 - Applied Statistics for Graduate Students (3)

This course is designed to provide the graduate students with the skills to use and interpret statistics. Topics include univariate analysis of data using numerical and graphical summaries; probability; bivariate and multivariate analysis of data using scatterplots, correlation, multiple regressions and ANOVA; normal and binomial distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing for one or more populations; chi square tests; nonparametric tests; statistical techniques to design a research study or experiment. A statistical package is used for computer data analysis.