Course Offerings

Do you need an introduction to statistics or maybe just a refresher? Do you want to improve your understanding of data and use it to make decisions? If you're looking for help with statistics, this online statistics course is for you! With easy-to-understand examples combined with real-world applications, this course provides you with the skills and knowledge you need to start analyzing data. You will learn how to use, collect, and apply data to real-life problems with charts, numbers, and graphs. Beyond that, you will learn ways to visualize and measure relationships to make forecasts and predictions. Throughout the course, you will use real data and a variety of examples drawn from business and industry, health care, sports, education, politics, and the social sciences.

Course Objectives

Improve their understanding of data and learn how to develop graphs and charts.

Study real-world applications and easy-to-understand examples drawn from business, health care, sports, education, and politics.

Outline of Instruction

Lesson 1 - What Is Statistics, Anyway?

Lesson 2 - Quantitative Data: From Averages to Z-Scores

Lesson 3 - Displaying Quantitative Data: Dots, Plots, and Histograms

Lesson 4 - Displaying Qualitative Data: Percentages, Charts, and Graphs

Lesson 5 - Is There a Link? Scatterplots and Correlation

Lesson 6 - Linear Regression: How Can You Predict the Future?

Lesson 7 - What's the Chance of That? Probability Concepts

Lesson 8 - Probability Models: What's Normal?

Lesson 9 - The Key to Inference: Sampling Distributions

Lesson 10 - How Certain Are You? Confidence Intervals for Proportions

Lesson 11 - Trial by Data: Testing Hypotheses About Proportions

Lesson 12 - Inference About Means

Contact Hours

24

CEUs

No

Industry Standard, State or National Certification

Certification

None

Website

None

Certification Learning Outcomes/Requirements

CE or CU Articulation

No

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites to take this course.

Learning Supplies Needed

Hardware Requirements:
This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:
PC: Windows 8 or later.
Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:
Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Clinical Site/Special Facilities

None

Requirements for Successful Completion

90% attendance
• Students must successfully pass 10 quizzes with a minimum grade of 70% by the second quiz attempt.
• If all quizzes are not passed with 70 or better by the second attempt, the final exam score must be 70% or higher on the first attempt for successful completion.
• The Final Exam must be taken by the Wake Tech course end date

Accreditation/Special Approval Requirements

N/A

Intended Audience

This course provides the skills and knowledge you need to start analyzing data.

Specific Industry or Business Support Needs

N/A

Wake County Need for Industry Positions

N/A

Industry or Job Titles Related to Training Outcomes for Employment

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Course Contact Information

Courtney Boney
919-532-5581
[email protected]