College of Chemistry Course Guide

STAT 21 - Introductory Probability and Statistics for Business (4 Units)

(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)

Course Overview

Summary

Descriptive statistics, probability models and related concepts, sample surveys, estimates, confidence intervals, tests of significance, controlled experiments vs. observational studies, correlation and regression.

Prerequisites

One semester of calculus

Students will receive no credit for Statistics 21 after completing Statistics 2, 2X, 5, 20, 21X, N21, W21 or 25 . A deficiency in Statistics 21 may be moved by taking W21.

Fall only

Workload

Time Commitment

3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week.




UC Berkeley Course Guide