Statistics such as calculating and interpreting confidence intervals for estimating a population mean and a population proportion, calculating the sample size to estimate a population mean and a population proportion given a desired confidence level and margin of error and hypothesis tests.

We look at the use of statistics to answer questions such as, "How confident am I with these results?" and "Have I really shown that those who smoke are shorter than those who do not?"

For these three entries, return to these questions:

1. Strengths: What strengths did you exhibit as you went through this week's assignments?
2. Areas for Improvement: What types of questions did you find more challenging? How do you plan to improve your understanding of these types of problems?
3. Insights: Please share any insights you gained so far in this course.