Elementary Statistics
About This Course
Welcome to Elementary Statistics taught by Britt Canada through the Virtual College of Texas (VCT).
The textbook for this course is ELEMENTARY STATISTICS, 8th edition, by Mario Triola. (ISBN # 0-201-61477-4)
Information on obtaining a text book is given in the GETTING STARTED page.
Topics covered include:
- measures of central tendency
- measures of dispersion
- probability
- inference
- sampling techniques
- correlation and regression
- analysis of variance
- nonparametric tests
To begin this course, students should be:
- comfortable using a calculator
- able to solve algebra problems
- able to understand and solve word problems
- comfortable using email (this will be the primary method of communication with the instructor)
- comfortable using a computer (this will be the primary mode of content and exam delivery)
- able to access a computer on a daily basis
- self-motivated and able to work independently
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