1. Math and Stat Prerequisites
HS 167 Prereqs
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Math and Stat Prerequisites
For Quantitative
Public Health Courses
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2. Why Worry about the Math Prereq?
To prevent interference with ability to learn course content
To enable study at an appropriate level
To not waste the time of others
To improve grade in the course
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3. Surgeon General’s Warnings
SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Inability to do arithmetic causes confusion, poor grades and the inability to learn biostatistics.
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4. ELM Pre-req Satisfaction of Entry Level Math requirement
ELM test score
Proficiency in SAT, ACT, or AP
Quantitative reasoning course = work-around that is not always reliable
Must show proof by next class of ELM requirement (no exceptions) or you will be dropped (or not added)
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5. Quantitative Skills Test
Will be given in lab net week
20–25 questions
On Bb platform
Closed book
No calculator
Score < 70%  “red flagged” (high risk)
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6. How to Prepare for Quantitative Test
Topics: see
Preparation: see
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7. Areas to be Tested
Sums (addition), differences (subtraction), products (multiplication), and ratios (division)
Order of operations
Fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, proportions
Significant digits, scientific notation, & rounding
Equations and checking of solutions
Negative numbers
Word problems
Basic properties of logs and exponents
Note: no trig or geometry
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8. Stat Prereq. HS 67 preferred Other GE stat courses OK
Must be completed within 7 years
Key = self-responsibility
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9. Stat Pre-req
Descriptive statistics (mean, median, quartiles, standard deviation, shape via stemplots or histograms)
Probability (rules, Normal distribution, t distribution)
Confidence interval basics
Hypothesis testing basics
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