Course Objectives
Statistics is the field of study involving (1) the collection, summarization, and analysis of data; and (2) the drawing of inferences about a population from the examination of a sample of the population. The goals of this course are to introduce each student to the practice of statistics and to provide an overview of common topics in statistical inference.
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Topics include design of experiments: simple random samples and their sampling distribution, models from probability, normal distributions, and normal approximations. Organizing data: displaying distributions, measures of center, measures of spread, scatterplots, correlation, regression, and their interpretation.. Statistical inference: confidence intervals and hypothesis (significance) testing, t procedures and chi-square tests. Not intended for those who plan further studies in statistics. Except as per University policy on repeating a course, credit will not be given for this course if the student has credit in a higher level math course. Such students may be dropped from the course. Examinations are proctored.
General Math 163 Information
The specific calendar & policy for your Math 163 section should be made available to you by your instructor.
The general policies and calendar can be found below.
THINK TANK (free tutoring for UA students)
The Math Department offers free tutoring for Math 163: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10AM - 1PM in MTL 124 (Math Teaching Lab)
- Graphing Calculator (TI-83 or TI-84 are recommended)
- More calculator info can be found HERE.
- Textbook: All sections of Math 163 will use Introductory Statistics: A Student-Based Approach, 1st Edition. (Cannon) through the Achieve platform.
- Achieve is an online portal that has an ebook, tutorials, videos, homework, technology manuals, links, and other tools that will be used in the course. Most assignments will be submitted through Achieve.
- Access the website through your instructor's D2l page
- Access to your materials will be through the University's Inclusive Access program, and will be charged directly to your Bursar account.
- Excel:
- Microsoft Excel will be used as a data analysis tool
- Enrollment Requirements/Eligibility:
- Students must meet eligibility requirements.
- See the Math Course Placement Chart HERE.
