COURSE NAME: Statistics, Elementary (SUNY Cobleskill)

SCHOOL DISTRICT: Middleburgh

INSTRUCTOR: Ross Pacatte

FULL YEAR

MAXIMUM TOTAL CLASS ENROLLMENT - ALL SITES: 25

COURSE PREREQUISITES: Algebra 2 / Trigonometry or equivalent.

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTION / OUTLINE: Sponsored by SUNY Cobleskill, statistics is equivalent to a first
semester college course in elementary statistics. This course is designed to be comparable to a typical non-
calculus-based-technology introductory statistics course taught in a college/university.

The course emphasizes (1) exploring data, (2) planning a study, (3) anticipating patterns and (4) statistical
inference. The graphing calculator will be the chief tool for data analysis. Statisics- including data types,
standard deviation, z-scores, t-scores, distribution frequencies, sampling error, survey/polling projects,
nonparametric statistics, and related topics. The TI graphing calculator will be used throughout the course.
There is no Regents exam for this course, but a local final exam will be given.

OTHER NOTES / MISCELLANEOUS:

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