STAT 008: Statistics For Business

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Units: 5

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; laboratory, 3 hours

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Prerequisites: MATH 004 or MATH 005A or MATH 006B or MATH 005B, may be taken concurrently or MATH 007A, may be taken concurrently or MATH 009A, may be taken concurrently or MATH 09HA, may be taken concurrently or MATH 022, may be taken concurrently; or equivalent

Description: An introduction to statistics using business applications. Topics include descriptive statistics; probability; discrete and continuous distributions; Bayes’ theorem; random variables; estimation and confidence intervals; hypothesis testing; and simple linear regression. Recommended for Business majors.

Credit: Credit is awarded for one of the following STAT 008 or STAT 010.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 222/270 258/480 268/480 86/90 834/1320
2024-25 208/210 207/210 216/240 60/60 691/ 720
2023-24 209/210 209/210 208/209 43/45 669/ 674
2022-23 211/211 234/233 208/210 29/30 682/ 684
2021-22 200/240 200/232 205/232 605/ 704