Applied Statistics
Minor offered

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An interdisciplinary minor in applied statistics is available to students wishing to develop a solid understanding of methods for collecting, analyzing and interpreting data. Course work can be selected from the general statistics courses offered by the mathematics, computer science and statistics department and various disciplinary methods courses offered by the departments of biology, economics, psychology and sociology. Students are encouraged to obtain a broad understanding of the fundamental principles of statistics while emphasizing the important applications of those principles to real-world situations.

Minor Requirements
Five courses are required for this minor. These courses must be chosen from among the options listed below; no more than two of the five courses can be disciplinary methods courses from outside the mathematics offerings. Mathematics 113 and Economics 200 may not both be counted toward the statistics minor.

Mathematics
113. Applied Statistics I.
213. Applied Statistics II.
226. Design and Analysis of Experiments.
325. Probability
326. Mathematical Statistics.
343. Time Series Analysis.

Disciplinary Methods Courses
Biology
303. Biometrics.

Economics
200. Quantitative Methods in Economics.
342. Econometrics.

Psychology
205. Research Methods in Psychology.

Sociology
301. Quantitative Research Methods.

An independent study/honors project that involves substantial statistical analysis may also be used as one of the five courses toward an applied statistics minor.