COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE: MATH 4260 Mathematics for Elementary and Middle School Teachers III

CREDIT HOURS: 3

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: A study of data analysis, statistics, and probability through the collection and interpretation of data. Includes graphical representation of data, experimental and theoretical probabilities, measures of central tendency and variation, interpretation of statistical studies, and making predictions from data. (This course will not count toward a major or minor in mathematics.)

PREREQUISITE(S): Admission to Teacher Education and permission of instructor.

SUGGESTED TEXT(S): Workshop Statistics, second edition by Rossman et. al

COURSE OUTLINE:

  • Graphical Representations of Data including pictographs, bar graphs, charts and tables, circle graphs, stem-and-leaf plots, box-and-whisker plots, and scatter plots
  • Measures of Center
  • Measures of Variation
  • Survey and Experimental Design
  • Experimental and Theoretical Probabilities and Counting Techniques
  • Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Intervals