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binomial and normal distributions; rules of probability, including conditional probability and expected value; the
logic of hypothesis testing, including stating hypotheses, calculating and interpreting p-values, drawing
conclusions, and Type I and Type II errors; using confidence intervals to estimate parameters; and proper
methods of data collection, including sampling and experimentation. Use of technology, including online applets
and the graphing calculator will be prominent in the course. Throughout the course, students will complete
investigations that require students to complete the four-step statistical process using athletes of their choice.
Prerequisite: College Algebra or Placement
Liberal Arts: Mathematics
Course is offered: FA and WI Every Year
MAT 143
STATISTICS AND SOCIETY
3
A general introductory course in data gathering, description and analysis. Goals of the course: to familiarize
students with basic statistical ideas and how they are applied in various disciplines, to teach statistical ideas that
will be useful in designing or understanding research in most areas of study, and to improve the quantitative skills
of students who are weak in arithmetic and algebra by exercising these skills in the context of statistics. This
course covers standard statistical methods through linear regression and introduces the use of statistical
computing via graphing calculator technology and Minitab and includes a weekly computing laboratory. Primarily
intended for students who will take only one statistics course.
Prerequisite: MAT 104 or placement
Liberal Arts: Mathematics
Course is offered: FA, WI, and SU Every Year
MAT 148
THE MATH OF GAMES
3
The human mind is always searching for ways to amuse itself. This course proposes to explore the world of
games through the mathematical optic. Entire branches of mathematics have been created just to study and
predict the outcome of games. Games of luck and gambling spawned probability theory. Games of strategy and
decision making generated game theory. Models of game design are now using advanced math topics such as
graph theory, non-Euclidean geometry and linear algebra.
Prerequisite: MAT 104 or placement
Liberal Arts: Mathematics
Course is offered: FA and WI Every Year
MAT 150
MATH FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS I
2
Emphasis is placed on the theory and methods appropriate to teaching the concepts of mathematics in grades K-
8. The content will include real numbers and their operations, measurement, geometry, statistics, probability,
algebra, problem solving, logical reasoning, calculations, and computers. The mathematical processes used and
taught will be conceptualization