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Statistics

STAT E-50 Introduction to Statistics
Course tuition: undergraduate credit $950, graduate credit $1,725.

Fall term (11094) (Website) (Printable version): Joan Weinstein, CAS, MA, Professor of Mathematics and Computers, Pine Manor College.
Mondays beginning Sept. 15, 5:30-7:30 pm, Harvard Hall, Room 104. Optional sections to be arranged. Online and on-campus options. See Distance Education. Lecture 1 video.

Spring term (20993) (Website) (Printable version): Joan Weinstein, CAS, MA, Professor of Mathematics and Computers, Pine Manor College.
Tuesdays beginning Jan. 27, 7:35-9:35 pm, Harvard Hall, Room 104. Optional sections to be arranged. Online and on-campus options. See Distance Education. Lecture 1 video.

This course is an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics, including correlation and regression, hypothesis testing, estimation, and elementary probability. Students learn to analyze data using PC-based statistical software. No previous knowledge of statistics is assumed. Prerequisites: high school algebra, or the equivalent. (4 credits)