AP/ECON2500 3.0 O: Introductory Statistics for Economists I
Offered by: ECON
Session
Winter 2024
Term
W
Format
LECT
Instructor
Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite
An introduction to statistical techniques. Topics covered include descriptive statistics and frequency distributions, measures of location and dispersion, random variables, sampling distributions, probability theory and mathematical expectations, the normal distribution, correlation, and the design and interpretation of hypothesis tests. Prerequisites: Grade 12U Advanced Functions or equivalent. Course credit exclusions: AP/ADMS 2320 3.00, AP/POLS 3300 6.00, AP/SOCI 3030 6.00, ES/ENVS 2009 6.00, GL/MATH/MODR 1610 3.00, GL/POLS/SOCI 2610 3.00, GL/PSYC 2530 3.00, HH/KINE 2050 3.00, HH/PSYC 2020 6.00, HH/PSYC 2021 3.00, SC/BIOL 2060 3.00, SC/MATH 2500 3.00, SC/MATH 2560 3.00, SC/MATH 2565 3.00. Note 1: Acceptable course substitutes are available in the Calendar. Note 2: students who have taken SC/MATH 1131 3.00 may not take AP/ECON 2500 3.00.
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