MATH 170S

Introduction to Probability and Statistics 2: Statistics

Mathematics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Not open to students with credit for Statistics 100B. Introduction to statistics. Topics include sampling, estimation (maximum likelihood and Bayesian), properties of estimators, regression, confidence intervals, hypotheses testing, analysis of variance.

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Fall 2025
Winter 2026
Spring 2026
Summer 2026
Fall 2026
Winter 2027
Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

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Requisites: courses 31A, 31B, and 170A or 170E or Statistics 100A.

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MATH 170S

MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
- MATH 1Precalculus
MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
STATS 100AIntroduction to Probability

Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

MATH 170S

MATH 178BFoundations of Actuarial Mathematics: Additional Topics in Long-Term Actuarial Mathematics
- MATH 178CFoundations of Actuarial Mathematics: Loss Models
ECON 103Introduction to Econometrics21 more beyond
- ECON 103LEconometrics Laboratoryanother path to it
- ECON 104Data Science for Economists