2025-2026 Catalog

DS-502 Probability and Statistics

Topics include random variable and distribution; expectation and variance; special discrete/continuous distributions (uniform, binomial, negative binomial, geometric, hypergeometric, Poisson, normal, and exponential distributions); joint distribution, marginal distribution, and conditional distribution; covariance; limit theorems (law of large numbers and central limit theorem); and (when time permits) introduction to confidence interval and hypothesis testing; regression analysis. This is an MSDS leveling course.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Students who specified one or more of these Programs of Study or Program Foci Master of Science in Data Science MSDS

Offered

Spring