MATH280 - Intro to Probability & Statistics

Description:
This course is designed to serve students in the Computer Science major as well as in other technology majors. The topics covered are descriptive statistics in numerical and graphical methods, probability concepts, discrete and continuous probability distributions, estimation theory, hypothesis testing, simple linear regression and correlation, and linear programming. These topics will be taught with rigorous algebra content and use statistical software, such as Excel.

Required Text(s):

The materials for this course are a custom bundle (ISBN 9780357747032) that consists of:

• Peck, R., Short, T., & Olsen, C. (2020). Custom WebAssign for Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis (6th Ed.). Cengage Custom Publishing.
• Waner, S. & Costenoble, S. (2018). Finite Mathematics (Custom), (7th ed. - Chapter 5 only). Cengage Custom Publishing.
• Access to WebAssign