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Statistics and Data Science Minor

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The minor in Statistics and Data Science will give students experience manipulating, summarizing and visualizing data and applying statistical and machine learning methods. Students are exposed to the principles of and tools for conducting reproducible data analysis and are taught to think critically about relevant ethical issues (e.g., data privacy, misrepresentation of findings). 

SDS X15 SDS 315  Statistical Thinking  3 Hours

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to the fundamental ideas of statistical thinking with R programming. Explore survey, experimental, and observational study design; common sources of random and systematic error in data; the bootstrap as a tool for quantifying uncertainty; hypothesis testing; regression; and the role of statistics in an ethical and just society. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Statistics and Data Sciences 313 with a grade of at least C-.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division