STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 I.      Describe the nature and implication of basic principles of statistics and how they play an important role in our daily lives

 II.     Organize and summarize data, and represent graphically the important information contained in a data set

 III.    Compute numerical quantities that measure he central tendency and dispersion of a set of data

 IV.     Understand the basic properties of probability

 V.      Determine probabilities using postulates, rules of probability and various probability distribution tables

 VI.     Distinguish between discrete and continuous variables

 VII.    Compute the mean and standard deviation of a probability distribution

 VIII.   Test hypotheses by using the appropriate distribution and constructing confidence intervals about means, standard deviations, and proportions

 IX.     Use methods for estimating some population parameters

 X       Understand and apply the basic concepts of statistical inference to the decision making process

 XI.     Fit a least-square line to a set of data and interpret the coefficient of correlation

 XII.    Use a statistical software package in performing statistical computations

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      The nature of probability and statistics

 II.     Frequency distributions and graphs

 III.    Data description

 IV.     Counting techniques

 V.      Probability

 VI.     Probability distributions

 VII.    The normal distribution

 VIII.   Confidence intervals and sample size

 IX.     Hypothesis testing

 X       Testing the difference between means, variances, and proportions

 XI.     Correlation and regression

 XII.    Chi-square and analysis of Variance (ANOVA)