Statistics 135 - Intro to Stat Modeling

Fall
2016
02
4.00
Nicholas Horton, Pamela Matheson
WF 02:00PM-02:50PM; T 02:30PM-03:50PM
Amherst College
STAT-135-02-1617F
MERR 131; MERR 131
nhorton@amherst.edu; pmatheson@amherst.edu
STAT-135-02,MATH-135-02

(Offered as STAT 135 and MATH 135.)  Introduction to Statistics via Modeling is an introductory statistics course that uses modeling as a unifying framework.  The course provides a basic foundation in statistics with a major emphasis on constructing models from data. Students learn important concepts of statistics by mastering powerful and relatively advanced statistical techniques using computational tools. Topics include descriptive and inferential statistics, probability, study design, ANOVA, and multiple regression. Students who are majoring in mathematics should take this course instead of STAT 111. (Students may not receive credit for both STAT 111 and MATH 135.) Four class hours per week (two will be held in the computer lab).


Requisite: MATH 111. Limited to 24 students.  Fall semester: Professor Horton, Lecturer Jeneralczuk and TBA.  Spring semester: Professors Horton, Liao, and Matheson.

Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.