Welcome to AMS 7 Section 02

General Course Information

Instructor: Immanuel Williams

Email: iwillia1@ucsc.edu

Office: Baskin Engineering  357b

Office Hours: Fridays 11 am - 1 pm

Lectures: Tuesday/Thursday 8:00 - 9:45am Jack Baskin Auditorium 101

TAs: Raquael Barata (rbarata@ucsc.edu), Matthew Heiner (mheiner@ucsc.edu), Sisi Song (ssong13@ucsc.edu)

Required Text: Biostatistics for the Biological and Health Sciences, M. M. Triola and M. F. Triola, J. Roy Pearson 2nd Edition (2017) or 1st Edition (2006).

Course Objectives: To introduce the basic ideas of probability and statistics with emphasis on applications to the natural and social sciences and to everyday life.  While we will learn how to do some calculations by hand, the primary goal is understanding of concepts, including the ability to interpret results.