Waymaker Concepts in Statistics
Course Description
Using highly interactive learning design, this ready-to-adopt Concepts in Statistics course teaches the fundamental principles of statistical inference. Simulations and lab-style synthesis activities invite hands-on exploration. Students learn to summarize data graphically and numerically; examine relationships among quantitative data; understand the role of probability and probability distributions; link probability to statistical inference; and conduct foundational statistical calculations and analyses.
Waymaker courses help students develop metacognitive muscles with personalized study plans to encourage practice and self-directed learning. Simple-to-use faculty messaging tools save time helping instructors identify and reach struggling students.
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Course Module List: Concepts in Statistics
- Types of Statistical Studies and Producing Data
- Summarizing Data Graphically and Numerically
- Examining Relationships: Quantitative Data
- Nonlinear Models
- Relationships in Categorical Data with Intro to Probability
- Probability and Probability Distributions
- Linking Probability to Statistical Inference
- Inference for One Proportion
- Inference for Two Proportions
- Inference for Means
- Chi-Square Tests