SMA 129 - Statistics for Business (Mathematics)

3 Credit(s)

The primary objective of this course is to enable students to perform and understand statistical analysis of data, with the view of being able to critically evaluate statistical reports or findings. Students will learn to think critically about how statistics is used by others and how it impacts your day to day life and career. Content includes how to explore and describe data, examine sampling distributions, make estimations, test hypotheses, perform simple and multiple regression analysis, and build models using extensive software applications both independently and collaboratively. An emphasis is placed on intuition and rigor.

 Credits: 3.

 When Offered: Fall and spring semester.

 Prerequisite: SMA 117  or Passing score - ALEKS Placement Assessment

 Liberal Arts Curriculum: Satisfies the Mathematics and Quantitative Skills requirement.