Review of Statistical Concepts
SURV 611
Online
Summer 2024
Syllabus
This course provides a brief overview of the basics of probability and statistics. Students will review basic
probability concepts and probability distributions, the Central Limit Theorem and hypothesis testing, and
linear and logistic regression. Throughout this course, students should develop and reinforce proper
statistical intuition. This includes knowing how to identify a sample and a population and applying
appropriate statistical methods such as hypothesis testing, as well being able to identify different types of
data and using the proper methods for each type of data. By the end of the course, students should have
a strong foundation in statistics with which they can start their graduate coursework.