<p>Throughout my calculus classes, I have not had the best of teachers (they were the worst teachers I have ever had!), so I do not have a very solid calculus background. I have been given the option of taking either a statistics 13 class or statistics 100 class. Statistics 13 is described as "Descriptive statistics; basic probability concepts; binomial, normal, Students t, and chi-square distributions. Hypothesis testing and confidence intervals for one and two means and proportions. Regression." Statistics 100 is described as "Descriptive statistics,
probability, sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, contingency tables, ANOVA,
regression; implementation of statistical methods using computer package." I understand Statistics 100 does use more calculus than Statistics 13; however, how much calculus is needed to be able to take that course? Does Statistics 13 also use calculus? Is one course easier than the other?</p>
<p>Well they don’t use that much calculus. As long as you know how to integrate and differentiate you’ll be more than fine. If you can’t really do that, as long as you have an idea of how these operators work and can do them in simple cases you can use wolfram-alpha to do the rest. </p>
<p>Theres a lot of overlap but if you’re not comfortable take 13, basic integrals will come a few times during the “basic probability concepts” sections and maybe in regression. The stat 100 concepts are more calc dependant and more mathematically demanding. Gl~</p>
<p>If it’s not a separate set of two courses, probability then statistics, there’s practically no calculus involved.</p>
<p>Yeah, some of the probability distributions can be respresented in terms of integrals and the professor may want you to at least know that representation. Don’t worry, like Blobof said, if it is that combined “Probability & Statistics for Engineers/Scientists” type of course, you won’t have to deal with much Calculus at all.</p>
<p>The “separate” Probability and Statistics courses are more for Math and Stat majors will go deeper into those topics. Also those courses will deal with “random variables” which use sometimes triple integrals to compute distributions.</p>
<p>You should be OK.</p>