This course is intended to help student's to understand how statistics is applied in everyday life.  Students will learn the methodology behind statistical applications as well as the interpretation of statistical outputs (including surveys, scientific studies, charts and tables.)   In the end students should be aware of how statistics is used to make the best decisions when faced with uncertainty.

The course will cover the following topics:

• Finding data in real life
  
• Experiments and observational studies
  
• Exploratory data analysis
  
• Normal Curves
  
• Statistical relationships and correlation
  
• Measuring statistical significance
  
• Estimation and confidence intervals

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