Statistics Learning Outcomes
Statistics majors should be able to:
- Distinguish types of studies and their limitations and strengths,
- Describe a data set including both categorical and quantitative variables to support or refute a statement,
- Apply laws of probability to concrete problems,
- Perform statistical inference in several circumstances and interpret the results in an applied context,
- Use mathematical tools, including calculus and linear algebra, to study probability and mathematical statistics and in the description and development of statistical procedures,
- Use a statistical software package for computations with data,
- Use a computer for the purpose of simulation in probability and statistical inference, and
- Communicate concepts in probability and statistics using both technical and non-technical language.