MATH 1530 - Introductory Statistics with Learning Support

3 sem hrs cr

This course is a special section of MATH 1530 with additional content addressing deficiencies that may hinder successful completion of the course. This course is an introduction to probability and statistics without calculus.  Topics covered include sampling, frequency distribution, elementary probability, hypothesis testing, linear regression and correlation, analysis of variance and non-parametric statistics.

This course is for students with an ACT Math sub-score below 19. Prerequisite or Corequisite: Successful completion of or concurrent enrollment in MSCC 1300.

Transfer (UT) or Non-Transfer Course (UN): UN

By the end of the course, students will be able to…

• collect and assemble quantitative data, making wide use of tables and graphs.
• develop a working knowledge of probability and its applications to the binomial and normal distributions.
• utilize hypothesis testing as it is related to the mean and proportion for future use in any research.
• describe and test the significance of relationships between two variables using correlation and linear regression.
• apply inferential methods to differentiate configurations of data.