Descriptive Analytics

Introduces students to statistical ideas and concepts with an emphasis on the methods and tools used most frequently in a liberal arts environment. The course takes a practical approach to collecting, organizing, summarizing, displaying, and analyzing data. Specifically, the course helps students understand basic concepts to interpret statistics reported by others in reports, journals, and in the media, develops logical, critical, and quantitative thinking skills, helps students appreciate statistics and its practicality in everyday life, and to analyze problems, identify pertinent information, use data, and select an appropriate method for solving problems.