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Course Goals My Goal is for you to be successful learning statistics. Your Goals are specifically to: 1. enhance your knowledge of quantitative concepts and skills, and the basic probability and statistics learned in M118. 2. develop an understanding of key statistical concepts used in economics and business. 3. learn basic methods of sampling and data collection. 4. learn the ethics of sampling, data collection, analysis and reporting. 5. learn basic statistical methods of data analysis, founded in probability theory. 6. apply basic statistical methods to data with the help of the statistical applications found in Microsoft Excel.7. draw statistical inferences using the results obtained by the application of basic statistical methods. 8. learn to make predictions using basic linear methods. 9. learn to evaluate statistical techniques reported in the popular press. 10. develop the ability to think rationally which
enables analysis, assessment, differentiation, and independent
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