GEOL651

Statistics for Geoscientists

Prerequisite: MATH115; and non-degree-seeking students require the permission of the instructor. Credit only granted for: GEOL789V or GEOL651. Formerly: GEOL789V. Practical approach to basic statistics applied in the geosciences. Experimental design, elementary statistics and probability, sequence analysis, spatial analysis, linear regression, nonparametric statistics, bivariate, multivariate and principal components analysis of variance, hypothesis testing. Problem sets and participatory discussion of statistical applications in the current literature.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.01 between 47 students*

GEOL651 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045505560% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 23.4%
A: 29.79%
A+: 6.38%
B-: 2.13%
B: 4.26%
B+: 12.77%
D+: 2.13%
F: 2.13%
W: 14.89%
other: 2.13%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.