MAT 131 Elementary Statistics
Welcome to the Oakton Community College MAT 131 course home page. Here you will find information shared by all sections of the course. In the frame to the left there are a number of useful links including the textbook web site, if there is one, and the generic course syllabus. Further down this frame there are links to individual instructors' resources for their specific sections.
Prerequisites
MAT
053 or geometry proficiency; and MAT
120 or the equivalent with a grade of C or better, or an appropriate score
on the Mathematics Assessment Test.
Course Description
This course is an introduction to modern statistics for students
in physical, biological and social sciences. Frequency distributions,
measures of central tendency and variation, elements of probability
theory, statistical inference, sampling techniques and correlation and
regression are studied.
Course Objectives
A. Compute the measures of central tendency and dispersion.
B. Construct, do calculations with, and graph frequency distribution.
C. Understand and calculate probabilities.
D. Understand probability distributions, including binomial distribution.
E. Compute probabilities as related to normal distributions.
F. Apply the Central Limit Theorem.
G. Understand the nature of hypothesis testing and estimation.
H. Draw statistical inferences about one population concerning the mean, the standard deviation or variance, and proportions.
I. Draw statistical inferences about two populations concerning the mean, the standard deviation or variance, and proportions.
J. Calculate the linear correlation coefficients and the regression lines.
K. Draw statistical inferences concerning multinomial experiments and contingency tables.
Instructional Materials
Required Textbook: Elementary Statistics by Mario
F. Triola, Custom Edition (taken from 5th and 9th
Edition). Pearson Addison Wesley, 2004.
A TI-83 or higher numbered graphing calculator will be used for instructional
purposes.
Send corrections and comments to pboisver@oakton.edu.