Business Statistics (BSTA)

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BSTA 201. Business Statistics3 Units

Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Prerequisite(s): An ACT math score of 25 or completion of MATH 111; open to all UofL students who meet the math requirement.

Description: An introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics with an emphasis on business applications. Topics covered include data summarization & visualization, probability distributions, sampling methods, confidence intervals, one sample hypothesis testing, and simple linear regression. Small case studies are used to illustrate statistical applications within business settings.

Note: Credit may not be earned for BSTA 201 and BSTA 301.

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