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Introduction to Statistics
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- Online course: Internet access required
- Enroll anytime: You have 6 months to complete
- $785 (EDP 857615)
Proctored final exam; Please note: Students looking to fill Haas prerequisites must be in the online course for three months before they can take the final exam.
G. James Pan, Ph.D., was a faculty member at Oakland University from 1994 to 2001. He currently works as a biostatistician on clinical trials. He has researched, published and taught broadly in the fields of statistics and biostatistics. Pan has been an invited speaker at national and international statistics conferences and departmental and company seminars.
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- Online course: Internet access required
- Enroll anytime: You have 6 months to complete
- $785 (EDP 857623)
Proctored final exam; Please note: Students looking to fill Haas prerequisites must be in the online course for three months before they can take the final exam.
Makan Rokni, Ph.D., has taught courses in mathematics, statistics, information technology and engineering. He has researched and published in a variety of fields, including nonlinear dynamics, spacecraft motion and information technology.
Textbook(s) for this course:
Note: Please use the ISBN listed. Do not purchase a hybrid text; it cannot be used for this course.
Understandable Statistics: Concepts and Methods
Author: Charles Henry Brase and Corrinne Pellillo Brase
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Edition: 10th
Publication Year: 2011
ISBN: 0840048386
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- Online course: Internet access required
- Enroll anytime: You have 6 months to complete
- $785 (EDP 857631)
Proctored final exam; Please note: Students looking to fill Haas prerequisites must be in the online course for three months before they can take the final exam.
Dieter Jurkat, M.S., Extension Honored Instructor, works in the actuarial and systems unit of Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies. He has taught statistics and mathematics, from algebra through calculus, at UC Berkeley Extension since 1986.
Textbook(s) for this course:
Note: Please use the ISBN listed. Do not purchase a hybrid text; it cannot be used for this course.
Understandable Statistics: Concepts and Methods
Author: Charles Henry Brase and Corrinne Pellillo Brase
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Edition: 10th
Publication Year: 2011
ISBN: 0840048386
San Francisco, Tues. May 22, 6 pm, 15 meetings
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- 15 meetings
- May 22 to July 24: Tues., 6-10 pm (no meetings June 17, July 1, July 3, and July 15); also
May 27, June 3, June 10, June 24, July 8, and July 22: Sun., 9 am-1 pm
- San Francisco: Room 807, UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center, 425 Market St., 8th Floor (enter on Fremont St.)
- $720 (EDP 404400)
Dieter Jurkat, M.S., Extension Honored Instructor, works in the actuarial and systems unit of Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies. He has taught statistics and mathematics, from algebra through calculus, at UC Berkeley Extension since 1986.
Textbook(s) for this course:
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San Francisco, Wed. May 30, 6:30 pm, 17 meetings
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- 17 meetings
- May 30 to July 25: Wed., 6:30-10 pm (no meeting July 4); also
June 4, June 11, June 18, June 25, July 2, July 9, July 16, July 23, and July 30: Mon., 6-10 pm
- San Francisco: Room 809, UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center, 425 Market St., 8th Floor (enter on Fremont St.)
- $720 (EDP 404384)
Michael Regan Quigley, Ph.D., is director of statistical modeling and data mining for home equity lending at Wells Fargo in San Francisco. He has taught statistics and economics at Northern Illinois University and finance at Aurora University. He has a doctorate in economics and a master's degree in statistics from Northern Illinois University.
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XB2 (4 semester units in Statistics)
XBW2 for online sections
An elective in the Certificate Program in the Essentials of Green Chemistry, in the Post-Baccalaureate Health Professions Program, and in the Professional Biomedical Sciences Program
Approved as a prerequisite to the Haas School of Business Evening and Weekend M.B.A. Program. Important: Special academic policies apply to XB and XBW courses.Learn basic concepts of probability and statistical inference, focusing on an intuitive approach to understanding concepts and methodologies. Get an introduction to statistical and critical thinking, including descriptive statistics, probability, sampling distributions, interval estimation, hypothesis testing and regression.
Note: If you want to complete Haas M.B.A. prerequisites, you must be in the online course for three months before you can take the final exam.
Prerequisites: Two years of high school algebra. A recent course in college algebra is recommended.
Note: An accelerated online section will be offered in the spring and summer semesters.
Future-Term Courses and Enrollments
Courses are offered three terms per year: spring, summer, fall. Information about upcoming courses is available when enrollment opens each term.
- Spring term: Enrollment opens in early December. Classes begin in January.
- Summer term: Enrollment opens in early April. Classes begin in June.
- Fall term: Enrollment opens in early July. Classes begin in August.
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