MATH 617. Probability and Statistics I

3.00

AP probability and statistics topics sampling, experimentation and anticipating patterns. These include Bayes’s theorem; binomial, geometric, uniform, normal, t and Chi-square random variables and the mean and variance of linear combinations of random variables. Sampling distributions and central limit theorem, unbiased point estimates of population parameters and the variance of point estimates. Types of generalizations and conclusions that can be drawn including cause and effect. Course may be taken for graduate credit and for certificate renewal by secondary teachers.