Statistics, BS

Program Learning Outcomes

• Students should develop effective thinking and communication skills.
• Students should learn to link applications and theory.
• Students should learn to use technological tools.
• Students should develop mathematical independence and experience open-ended inquiry.

In addition, students should be able to:

• Describe data sets using appropriate numerical and graphical techniques
• Develop mathematical tools necessary to perform statistical calculations and to understand distributions and statistical theory
• Design experiments and survey sampling methods that allow results to be statistically analyzed to test hypotheses
• Determine which statistical analyses are suitable, perform the analyses using technology, and assess the validity of necessary assumptions and interpret the results
• Construct and apply probability models for both discrete and continuous random variables; and communicate with non-statisticians in written and oral formats to learn what a client is interested in ascertaining and to present the results from a statistical analysis
• Construct and verify mathematical proofs
• Discuss properties of estimators and explain the rationale and assumptions behind statistical procedures
• Apply stochastic models to solve real-world problems