Intro to Stats 2

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Florida
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<p>I'm a 3rd year PoliSci major who really wants to get into a solid International Relations MA program at some point. It was brought to my attention recently that it would be strongly to my advantage to have as solid a background in statistics as I can manage. </p>

<p>I've taken STA 2023 (Intro to Stats 1), which is required for my major, but I'm thinking it might be a good idea to take the second half as well. The hitch is, I took 2023 as a freshman, and I haven't had any math to speak of since then. I did well in stats, but I'm generally not stellar in math, and I don't want to murder my GPA with a class that's not really required... </p>

<p>Anyway, knowing that I did well in Stats 1, but acknowledging that I've probably forgotten most of it in the past two years, how difficult is Stats 2 going to be? Does it really build upon the skills from 1, or is it mostly new material? I remember the basics, measures of central tendency, normal curves and all that, but the specific calculating skills disappeared a while ago. </p>

<p>Sorry for the novel. Thanks!</p>

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<p>I took it in Spring. I believe it was was mostly new material but if not all the Stat 1 stuff is easier anyway. A lot of people seemed to struggle but there was a big curve(although for some reason they gave like 20+ points to a D and only a few to an A which is frustrating) I barely squeaked out an A. Study Edge was really helpful for this class in particular. That + go to most of the classes+ a little extra in between as needed based on how hard it seems and a B shouldn’t be too tough</p>

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<p>Wow must be really difficult class.</p>