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Probability and Statistics

Introductions

• San Bernardino, CA

• CSU Monterey Bay

  • BS Biology

• San Diego State University

  • Master’s in Public Health

• UC Riverside

  • PhD in Applied Statistics

Introductions

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• Year

• Major

• Fun Fact

• Career Goal

Goals for the Course

• Introduction to Probability

• Introduction to Statistics

• Introduction to Regression

Office Hours

OH: Traditional

BTE 2840 MW 5-6 PM

OH: Casual

Bell Tower Rooftop Terrace Th 1:30 - 3 PM

OH: R Programming

BTE 2810 F 10AM - 12PM

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Lecture

Learning Objectives

• Population

• Sample

• Inference

• Associations

Population

• A set of all measurements of interest to the sample collector.

Sample

• A sample is any subset of measurements selected from the population.

Inference

• Parameter: a measurement describing the population

• Statistic: a measurement describing the sample

Associations

An association describes the relationship between two characteristics of a population.