The goal in this course is to develop skills that are fundamental to data collection and analysis. These general skills are useful for anyone who needs to understand data, particularly science and information systems students. We focus on practical problems from research, business and the media that involve one or two variables. For such problems students should be able to: recognise what analysis procedures are appropriate, describe how to conduct a valid study, apply principles of probability theory, apply and interpret statistical procedures on a computer using SPSS, use a hand calculator for simple statistical procedures.

Note: This course is intended for students who want to take no more than 6 units of credit in Level II Statistics. It does not satisfy the prerequisites for any Level III Statistics course.