7.12. Math 263- Intro to Statistics and BioStatistics

Math Placement, Transfer Credit/Credit by Exam, PPL (Math Placement Test) → First and Second Year Math Courses → Math 263- Intro to Statistics and BioStatistics

MATH 263- Introduction to Statistics and BioStatistics (3 credits)

Description: Organizing data; distributions, measures of center and spread, scatterplots, nonlinear models and transformations, correlation, regression. Design of experiments: models from probability, discrete and continuous random variables, normal distributions, sampling distributions, the central limit theorem. Statistical inference; confidence intervals and test of significance, t procedures, inference for count data, two-way tables and chi-square procedures, inference for regression, analysis of variance.

Placement Level: ALEKS PPL score of 60-100% , SAT I MSS 640-800, ACT MATH 26-36, or U of A Math 112, 120R, 122B, or 125 required for placement into this course.  Test scores expire after two years. SAT/ACT placement is generally for first year students only.  Students cannot place into this course through the Math 100 final. 

If my scores are lower than the Placement Level:  Math 100, then Math 112, although students should first complete their foundation math requirement before taking Math 263.  Students who taken U of A  Math 108, 112, 113, 116, 119A, 120R, 122B or 125 also qualify to enroll in Math 263.  Transfer credit must be less than 2 years old. 

Comments: Math 263 is not a prerequisite to other math courses.  This course is a more thorough treatment of statistics for majors in the College of Science, Physiology, and a few other majors. Recommended as a second semester course or later, after foundation math requirement has been completed.