In this course you will be introduced to the mathematical and statistical knowledge and skills required for general study at tertiary level. You will develop an understanding of descriptive concepts for the presentation and analysis of data. This will cover data types, representation and distribution of data, location, spread, association, correlation and causation, response and explanatory variables, linear regression and time series. You will explore basic probability, discrete random variables and their distributions, continuous random variables and the normal distribution. You will build your knowledge of statistical inference including distributions of sample proportions, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing on data sets.