Faculty

MATH-1342 Elementary Statistics

Kristopher Marcus

Credit Spring 2024

Section(s)

MATH-1342-024 (76707)
LEC DIL ONL DIL

MATH-1342-025 (76708)
LEC MW 12:00pm - 1:20pm DIL DLS DIL

MATH-1342-055 (76725)
LEC DIL ONL DIL

Course Requirements

A first course in statistics for students in business; nursing; allied health; or the social, physical, or behavioral sciences; or for any student requiring knowledge of the fundamental procedures for data organization and analysis. Topics include frequency distributions, graphing, measures of location and variation, the binomial and normal distributions, z-scores, t-test, chi-square test, F-test, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, regression, and correlation. Skills: S Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the ACC Mathematics Assessment Test. A second option is completion of any TSI-mandated mathematics remediation. As this course is paired with MATD 0342, please see MATD 0342 requirements listed under the paired instructor.

Readings

This is a First Day™ class. The cost of required course materials, including an online version of the textbook and software access, has been added to your tuition and fees bill.

Textbook: Statistics: Unlocking the Power of Data, 3rd Edition by Lock, Lock, Lock Morgan, Lock, Lock. Wiley (WileyPlus software) ISBN: 9781119682288
Access to videos: of examples and explanations
Access to Statistical Applets: for students to explore the concepts
Required Technology:

Scientific calculator
Internet access to use the statistical software StatKey, the Visualize applets, and the material in WileyPlus.
Access to a webcam and microphone are required for this course. Eligible students can check out required technology at https://www.austincc.edu/students/student-technology-services

Course Subjects

This course will cover basic sampling methods, descriptive statistics, regression, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, Chi-square test, ANOVA, combinatorics, and probability.

Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives

Students will learn to

Determine the aspects of a question, if any, for which statistics can provide relevant information.
Analyze statistical studies, particularly regarding appropriate sampling and experimental design.
Select and use appropriate statistical analyses to get useful information from data.
Communicate knowledge using standard statistical language and also interpret it in non-technical language.

This course meets the Core Curriculum requirement in mathematics. It meets the requirement for an introductory statistics course for students in many majors such as business, health sciences, and social sciences.