Statistics

STAT 17L Statistical Methods for Business and Economics Laboratory

Overview and basic training in statistical programs used in the economics major. Introduces students to basic data analysis workflow. A workflow of data analysis is a process for managing all aspects of data analysis. Planning, documenting, and organizing work; cleaning the data; creating, renaming, and verifying variables; creating summary statistics; and archiving what has been done are all integral parts of students' data analysis. This is an online asynchronous lab, with synchronous office hours/question and answer sessions.

Requirements

Prerequisites: Mathematics placement (MP) score of 300 or higher, or completion of AM 3 or AM 11A or ECON 11A or MATH 3 or MATH 11A or MATH 16A or MATH 19A or MATH 20A. Concurrent enrollment in STAT 17 is required. Declared and proposed majors in one of the economics programs who are transferring in a course equivalent to STAT 17, should contact the Economics Department to petition for an exception to the concurrent enrollment requirement.

Credits

2