7.11. Math 163- Basic Statistics

Math Placement, Transfer Credit/Credit by Exam, PPL (Math Placement Test) → First and Second Year Math Courses → Math 163- Basic Statistics

Math 163- Basic Statistics (3 credits)

Description: Organizing data: displaying distributions, measures of center, measures of spread, scatterplots, correlation, regression, and their interpretation. Design of experiments: simple random samples and their sampling distribution, models from probability, normal distributions, and normal approximations. Statistical inference: confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, t procedures and chi-square tests. Not intended for those who plan further studies in statistics.

Placement Level: ALEKS PPL score of 60-100% , SAT I MSS 640-800, ACT MATH 26-36, or U of A Math 112 required for placement into this course.  Test scores expire after two years. SAT/ACT placement is generally for first year students only.  Students cannot place into this course through the Math 100 final. 

Student can qualify for Math 163 after taking Math 108, 112, 113, 116, 120R, 119A, 122B,  or 125.  

If my scores are lower than the Placement Level: Math 100, then Math 112, then Math 163.  Students who have credit for Math 108, 119A, 120R, 122B or 125 also qualify to enroll in Math 163. 

Comments: Not a prerequisite for any math or lab science (CHEM, MBC, PHYS) courses.  Students in nursing, nutritional sciences should take this instead of Math 263. Recommended as a second semester course.

Math 163 is not a prerequisite any other Math course except for students in the College of Education.