Statistics for Data Science (DCS 525)

Term: 2023-2024 Spring

Faculty

Murchtricia JonesShow MyInfo popup for Murchtricia Jones

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Brief Bio: Hello all! I am Dr. Murchtricia Jones. The Director of Data Science and Chair of the School of Computing, Applied Sciences, and Engineering. I am so excited to be a part of your educational journey. 

I am a wife and mother of two. I am from St. Croix, USVI, a beautiful Caribbean island. I can be bribed with high-quality chocolate, oxtails, and jollof rice. Haha! 

Schedule

Mon, 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM (1/8/2024 - 4/21/2024) Location: MAIN DEEDS D201

Description

This course will cover a variety of topics in statistics including data collection methods, measures of central
tendency and spread, the relation between two variables, conditional/joint/marginal probabilities,
probability distributions, statistical inference, point estimates, confidence intervals, significance testing,
goodness-of-fit test, various two-sample tests, Bayesian statistics, Bayes theorem, conjugate priors, posterior
distributions, credible intervals, A/B testing, logistic regression.