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NOTE: Course offerings are subject to budgetary approval


Posting Reference: STAT 1793 SJ02A


Course Information

Course Prefix: STAT Course Number: 1793
Course Section: SJ02A Course Name: Introduction to Probability and Statistics I
Term: Fall Campus:Saint John
Faculty: Science, Applied Science and Engineering, Faculty of Department: Mathematics and Statistics
Position Start Date: 2026-09-08 Position End Date: 2026-12-31
Posting Date: 2026-05-25 Application Deadline: 2026-06-22
Applications to be submitted via: email email MATHSTATSJ@UNB.CA
Requested By: Laura Gregory


Class Details

Days: MWF Time: 11:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Number of Positions Available: 1 Total Credit Hours: 3ch (3C)
Mode of Delivery: Face to Face Location: On Campus
Stipend Amount: 7594.00


Curriculum Context

Concepts of population and sample; data collection strategies; frequency distributions; descriptive statistics and elementary data visualizations; contingency tables and the basic concepts of theoretical and empirical probability; conditional probabilities; random variables, distribution functions, expectations, and variances; the Normal distribution; sampling distributions and the Central Limit Theorem; statistical inference for one and two population means; one-way analysis of variance; correlation and regression estimation. Note: Students counting credit for STAT 1793 cannot count credit for BA 1605, PSYC 2901 and/or STAT 2593.

Prerequisite: Grade 12 Mathematics. 



Course Description

Concepts of population and sample; data collection strategies; frequency distributions; descriptive statistics and elementary data visualizations; contingency tables and the basic concepts of theoretical and empirical probability; conditional probabilities; random variables, distribution functions, expectations, and variances; the Normal distribution; sampling distributions and the Central Limit Theorem; statistical inference for one and two population means; one-way analysis of variance; correlation and regression estimation. Note: Students counting credit for STAT 1793 cannot count credit for BA 1605, PSYC 2901 and/or STAT 2593.

Prerequisite: Grade 12 Mathematics. 



Qualifications

Masters degree in Statistics or equivalent (with PhD preferred).



Additional Notes

Position is subject to final budgetary approval. Course is subject to a minimum enrolment.



Disposition

Instructor(s) hired

Is the instructor a Graduate Student Teaching Apprentice

no

Successful Applicant(s)

Jeff McNally


Preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada