OVERALL COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon successful completion of this course, each student should be able to:

·        Create, interpret, and critique graphical displays of data. (1)*

·        Create, interpret, and critique summary statistics for data. (1)

·        Critically read the statistics encountered in every day life and in her own discipline. (all; especially 1 and 6)

·        Design appropriate methods to gather data for use in applications of statistics(3)

·        Analyze data in order to make inferences and predictions; in particular:

o   describe and model relationships between quantitative variables (2,10)

o   determine relationships between categorical variables (8)

o   decide questions about population means  and proportions (5,6,7)

o   decide when processes are out of control (4,12)

o   draw conclusions based on rank data (11)

·        Demonstrate an understanding of some of the uses and difficulties of statistics in real life based on personal experience and that of peers (9,13).