Course Number:

Credit Hours:

4

Course Title:

Basics and Probability and Statistics

Course Description:

Introduces the ideas and the reasoning used in both finite and infinite probabilistic settings. Covers the concepts of sample space, event, and axioms. Studies discrete and continuous probability distributions for one or more random variables, conditional probability, Bayes’s law, independence, and expectation and variance. Explores the use of moments, and the binomial, Poisson, and normal distributions. Examines the law of large numbers, the central limit theorem, and the use of probability in statistical inference including estimation of parameters, confidence interveral, and hypotheses testing. Requires a substantial project that connects the material in this course to the secondary school classroom.