An introduction to relevant basic mathematical, statistical, and legal techniques to provide a foundation for subsequent Tripos papers. The techniques developed will also be of use for future careers in academia, the legal profession, the private sector, non-governmental and public organisations.
Statistics (6 two-hour lectures, Michaelmas Term)
Lecture 1 Introduction to Statistics and Descriptive Statistics
Lecture 2 Probability Distributions
Lecture 3 Sampling Distributions & One-sample Hypothesis Testing
Lecture 4 Two-sample Hypothesis Testing
Lecture 5 Analysis of Variance
Lecture 6 Linear Regression
Reading Gravetter, F. J. and L. B. Wallnau, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. 9th ed. Belmont, CA, Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, 2013.