First 6 Wednesdays, 4-5:30pm, South Hall 5421.
Enrollment Code: 56663
According to the famous science-fiction writer H.G. Wells (1866-1946), “Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary a qualification for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write”. That day has come! Whether you subscribe to the view that there are lies, damned lies and statistics or not, statistics will almost certainly be part of your undergraduate career. Interested in finding out what America is doing to help AIDS sufferers in Haiti? Want to know how and why are polls conducted? Ever wondered if scientists fake their results? If so, this is the course for you!
Professor Dawn Holmes, Statistics and Applied Probability, is currently working in Artificial Intelligence, specifically in Bayesian networks with missing information. Professor Holmes also does research in Intuitionistic mathematics. She has recently taught courses in Probability, Statistical Computing and Introductory Statistics. Prior to coming to UCSB, she taught Philosophy of Mathematics at University of Leeds, UK.
