INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL METHODS

STAT 301

Course Description

Distributions, measures of central tendency, dispersion and shape, the normal distribution; experiments to compare means, standard errors, confidence intervals; effects of departure from assumption; method of least squares, regression, correlation, assumptions and limitations; basic ideas of experimental design.

Prerequisties

Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A requirement. Not open to students with credit for STAT 302, STAT 324 , or STAT 371

Satisfies

PLPATH 602 , ME/STAT 424 , SOC 674 , STAT 333 , PUBAFFR 340 , SOILSCI 585 , C&ESOC/SOC 618 , MATH/STAT 310 , F&WECOL/LANDARC/ZOOLOGY 565 , SOC 375 , FOODSCI 412 , F&WECOL 458 , BMI/COMPSCI 567 , C&ESOC/SOC 361 , KINES 330 , SOC 351 , PLPATH 315 , AAE/ECON 526 , BOTANY/PLPATH 563 , AAE/ECON 421 , CNSRSCI 201 , C&ESOC/SOC 365 , STAT 303 , and ECON/FINANCE 300

Credits

Offered

Fall, Spring, Summer

Grade Point Average

2.85

-5.09% from Historical

Completion Rate

92.72%

-0.32% from Historical

A Rate

24.8%

-16.07% from Historical

Class Size

371

-35.38% from Historical

2025 Fall Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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