Introduction to probability and Statistics

This course is aimed at being a pre term or a preparatory course for probability and statistics. It is very basic and introduces the students to the understanding of data and measuring associations. It also introduces the concepts of probability and distibutionsINTENDED AUDIENCE: Students, young managers/executivesPRE-REQUISITES: NONEINDUSTRIES SUPPORT : Most industry should recognize this course.

Week 1 :Different types of data, Tables, charts, histograms, frequency distributionsWeek 2 :Measures of associationWeek 3 : Probability concepts, conditional probability, bayes theormWeek 4 : Probability distributions – random variable, expected value and variance Discrete distributions – Binomial, Poisson Continuous distributions – Uniform, Normal