I.     COURSE DESCRIPTION

Use of statistical software (e.g. MS Excel, R, etc.) for database management & basic statistical analysis. Prereq: Stat 115/ 101/equiv, Stat 124/equiv. 3 units.

II.    COURSE GOALS

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

•       Appreciate the importance of data management and exploration.

•       Appreciate basic statistical methods using statistical software.

•       Use statistical software (MS Excel, R, and SAS) to solve basic data management problems and basic statistical analysis.