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PHYS 267 - Probability, Statistics, and Data Analysis for Physics and Astronomy

Probability, probability distributions, errors, descriptive statistics, statistical inference (hypothesis testing, fitting, confidence intervals), computational methods in Python, including algorithms for numerical integration; examples from physics and astronomy.

Prerequisites

PHYS122; One of MATH227, MATH237, MATH247; One of PHYS236, CS114, CS116, CS136, CS146.

Corequisites

None

Antirequisites

STAT230, STAT231

Offerings

Spring 2026 [1265]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 00143260 / 120
LEC 00143260 / 120
TUT 10143270 / 120
TUT 10143270 / 120

Winter 2026 [1261]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001717751 / 8013:00 - 14:20 M,W
TUT 101719751 / 8008:30 - 09:20 T

Spring 2025 [1255]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 0014447100 / 15013:00 - 14:20 T,Th
TUT 1014448100 / 15013:30 - 14:20 W

Winter 2025 [1251]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001731433 / 10011:30 - 12:50 T,Th
TUT 101734033 / 10014:30 - 15:20 M

Spring 2024 [1245]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001450480 / 15013:00 - 14:20 T,Th
TUT 101450580 / 15011:30 - 12:20 W

Winter 2024 [1241]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001739235 / 10010:00 - 11:20 T,Th
TUT 101741835 / 10012:30 - 14:20 M

Spring 2023 [1235]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001464176 / 15013:00 - 14:20 M
TUT 101464276 / 15013:30 - 14:20 W

Winter 2023 [1231]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001754755 / 20008:30 - 09:50 T Brenda Lee
TUT 101758655 / 20009:30 - 10:20 F Brenda Lee

Spring 2022 [1225]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001513384 / 15010:00 - 11:20 M,W Brenda Lee
TUT 101513484 / 15014:30 - 16:20 W Brenda Lee

Winter 2022 [1221]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001827681 / 20010:00 - 11:20 T,Th Brenda Lee
TUT 101919081 / 20008:30 - 09:20 F

UW Flow Ratings

Liked: 93.55%

93.55%

Easy: 75.00%

75.00%

Useful: 87.50 %

87.50%

PHYS 267 leads to

PHYS 370L - Astronomy Laboratory 1

AMATH 345 - Data-Driven Mathematical Models

PHYS 349 - Advanced Computational Physics

AMATH 446 - Introduction to Mathematics of Deep Learning

PHYS 357 - Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics

PHYS 480 - Advanced Topics in Biophysics