Important Update: Please note that the Fall 2022 offering of SDS 380C Statistical Methods I is the final instance of the course that will be accepted for use towards the Portfolio in Applied Statistical Modeling. The program offered its final prerequisite exam on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
The 1.5-hour long exam will be held multiple times per year (typically the second Tuesdays in January, April, August and October; in advance of major registration periods).
The following topics will be covered: descriptive statistics (e.g., mean, median, standard deviation), z-scores, point and interval estimation, sampling distributions, power and errors in hypothesis testing, p-values, t-tests, ANOVA, chi-square test of independence, correlation and bivariate linear regression.
Optional study text: OpenIntro Statistics, Fourth Edition (Diez, Barr, and Cetinkaya-Rundel 2015).
For additional information, please email Dr. Bindu Viswanathan at bindu@austin.utexas.edu.