Topics from survey statistics: simple random sampling; systematic sampling, question composition, scaling techniques. Topics from basic statistics: descriptive statistics; estimating/testing means, standard deviations, proportions, paired data versus two independent samples, chi-square tests.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of at least one year of program. NOTES: Credit can be obtained in only one of STAT 2043, 2253 , 2263 , 2264 or 2593 . Not to be taken for credit by CS, MATH or STAT majors.