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Dibs Fall 2026

STATS 12

Introduction to Statistical Methods for Geography and Environmental Studies

Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 10, 11, or 13. Introduction to statistical thinking and understanding, with emphasis on techniques used in geography and environmental science. Underlying logic behind statistical procedures, role of variation in statistical thinking, strengths and limitations of statistical summaries, and fundamental inferential tools. Emphasis on applications in geography and environmental science in laboratory work using professional statistical analysis package, including spatial statistics. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.52
n = 336 · 5 terms · ± 0.029
A range
66%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
3%
78% of those passed
D / F / W
2.7%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Not offered in Fall 2026.

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 6622S
  • 4422F
  • 3923W
  • 7024W
  • 6225S
Enrolment by term: 22S 66, 22F 44, 23W 39, 24W 70, 25S 62
Peak 70 Most recent 62 in 25S 5 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 5 · 1.4%
  • A 149 · 42.9%
  • A- 68 · 19.6%
  • B+ 43 · 12.4%
  • B 29 · 8.4%
  • B- 17 · 4.9%
  • C+ 7 · 2.0%
  • C 6 · 1.7%
  • C- 3 · 0.9%
  • D+ 1 · 0.3%
  • D 3 · 0.9%
  • D- 2 · 0.6%
  • F 3 · 0.9%
  • P 7 · 2.0%
  • NP 2 · 0.6%
  • I 2 · 0.6%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
ZANONTIAN, LINDA ANIA 3.68 3.69 199 2 76%
CHRISTOU, NICOLAS 3.41 3.40 76 2 51%
WU, GUANI 3.18 3.11 61 1 51%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term