MAT 156 - Statistics


Credit(s) 3.00
Lecture Hours: 3.00
This course is recommended for business, economics, mathematics, science and social sciences students. The course focuses on obtaining, presenting and organizing statistical data. Course topics covered include descriptive measures, probability, probability distributions, binomial distributions, normal distributions, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, linear regression, and correlation.  This course satisfies a general education requirement in the Mathematics Area.

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C- in MAT 065  or MAT 066  or minimum math placement score based on college assessment within the last two years. Immediate prerequisite course must have been completed within the last two years.
Corequisite(s):
MAT 075
  (optional)
SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Calculate probabilities using appropriate methods.
  • Use the appropriate procedure to construct and interpret confidence intervals from given data.
  • Use the appropriate procedure to perform hypothesis tests from given data.


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