Introduction to Statistics for Beginners

Dr. Michelle Everson

Aim of Course:

To provide an easy introduction to statistics for those with little or no prior exposure to basic probability and descriptive statistics in preparation for the two course sequence Introduction to Statistics 1:  Inference for a Single Variable and Introduction to Statistics 2: Working with Bivariate Data.

Who Should Take This Course:

Anyone with no prior statistical background who wishes to take Introduction to Statistics I:  Inference for a Single Variable. 

Course Program:

The course is structured as follows

The Instructor:

Dr. Michelle Everson teaches and develops online courses in the Educational Psychology Dept. at the University of Minnesota. She has written in Teaching Statistics on the implementation of educational reform in the standard college introductory statistics course; her research is in the area of text comprehension.

Organization of the Course:

The course takes place over the internet, at statistics.com. During each course week, you participate at times of your own choosing - there are no set times when you must be online. Course participants will be given access to a private discussion board. In class discussions led by the instructor, you can post questions, seek clarification, and interact with your fellow students and the instructor. The course is scheduled to take place over 3 weeks, and typically requires 15 hours per week. At the beginning of each week, you receive the relevant material, in addition to answers to exercises from the previous session. During the week, you are expected to go over the course materials and work through exercises. Discussion among participants is encouraged. The instructor will provide answers and comments.

Credit:

This course offers continuing education units (CEU's). For those successfully completing the course (generally this means marks of 50% or better on the homework), 3.75 CEU's and a certificate will be issued by statistics.com, upon request.

Dates:

Nov. 6 - Nov. 27, 2009
Jan. 8 - Jan. 29, 2010
Click here to be notified of future course offerings.

Participants gain access to the online materials on the first day of the course, and typically spend about 15 hours per week (at their convenience). You retain full access to course materials, including discussion board, for two weeks after the course closing date.

Level:

Beginner

Prerequisite:

No prior study of statistics is required. The only mathematics you need is arithmetic.

Course Text:

The course text is Stats: Data and Models, by De Veaux, Velleman and Bock, with ActivStats CD. You must purchase it directly from the publisher here (if you buy it elsewhere, it may not come with a valid copy of ActivStats).

Addison Wesley/Pearson offers a 15% discount on this book (and all other statistics titles): enter the code STATSMPS in the Promotion Code field when prompted during checkout and click the Apply Discount button. Questions about US orders (sometimes the web erroneously shows the book out of stock) use this phone number (800-947-7700, then 5 then 1) to contact Pearson.

Special note for Canadian customers: If you are located in Canada, place your order on myPearsonStore.ca site. Unfortunately, the publisher does not currently extend this discount to Canada (you might try requesting this from the publisher's Canadian office directly). The offer for free shipping applies only to orders shipping within the US. The US website will not let you choose "Canada" as a ship-to country.

Please order your text in time to have it in hand by the course starting date!

Software:

Students should have access to a software package that can perform basic statistical analysis. A variety of affordable options are available--Click here for our general advice about the suitability of various popular software packages.

Registration:

Register Online - $349
Register Online (academic) - $279 (you must be affiliated with a college, university or high school)

Add $50 service fee if you require a prior invoice, or if you need to submit a purchase order or voucher, pay by wire transfer or EFT, or refund and reprocess a prior payment. Please use this printed registration form, for these and other special orders.

Note: See our Introduction to Statistics course packages to save money on Introduction to Statistics for Beginners, Introduction to Statistics 1, Introduction to Statistics 2 and Introduction to Statistics 3.

Note: Courses may fill up at any time and registrations are processed in the order in which they are received.

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