Introduction to Statistics

By the end of the Introduction to Statistics course, you will be able to:

• Explain and use the different types of variables: quantitative (numerical) vs. qualitative (non-numerical) with their corresponding sub-types (continuous, discrete, ordinal, non-ordinal)
• Summarize data in a graphical and numerical way, using measures of location and dispersion
In particular, you will be able to:
• Interpret data that is presented both graphically and numerically
• Calculate the different types of frequency measures: 'absolute', 'relative' and 'cumulative' frequency
• Calculate (standard) normal probabilities for, and apply standardization formula to, normally distributed data
• Calculate binomial probabilities
• Apply the principle of statistical inference from sample to population
• Perform simple statistical analysis in the statistical packages SPSS and R

• An academic (university) level of thinking
• Access to the computer programs SPSS & R
• The Cast e-book