DEPARTMENT OF STATIS TICS
COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
330.972.6886 (TELEPHONE)
Course Description
3470:661
Prerequisite:
Statistics for Life Sciences
3 credits
College-level algebra or equivalent.
Course Description: Data description and presentation, probability applications in
the life sciences (including sensitivity, specificity, relative risk), principles and
application of statistical inference, ANOVA, correlation and regression. May not be
used to meet graduate major requirements in statistics.
Course Topics:
Descriptive statistics
Probability
Discrete Probability Distribution
Continuous Probability Distribution
Estimation
Hypothesis Testing: One-Sample Inference
Hypothesis Testing: Two-Sample Inference
Hypothesis Testing: Categorical Data
ANOVA
Regression and Correlation Methods
Possible Additional Topic: Nonparametric Methods
Fall 2014