Mathematics 141. Introductory Statistics Strongly recommended
for social science students. This course aims to answer several
profound questions: Given the impossibility of collecting
complete data, how do we accurately answer questions about a
large population of people, industrial products or mechanical
devices? How do we test interesting hypotheses which apply to a
large group? On each space flight, the Challenger had a one in
15 chance of a failure of a critical part–how do we understand a
statement such as this? The notions of confidence intervals,
hypothesis testing and probability provide a framework for
answering these and other questions. May not be counted toward
the mathematics major.