Introductory · Math & Logic

Introduction to Statistics

The reasoning behind the numbers: describing data, probability, distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing and regression.

6 chapters18 lessons2 hr 33 min18 quick checks

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Complete syllabus

Every chapter and lesson

  1. 01

    Chapter 1 · 3 lessons

    Describing Data

    1. 1.1

      Variables & types of data

      8 min · Quick check

    2. 1.2

      Center & spread

      9 min · Quick check

    3. 1.3

      Distributions & shape

      8 min · Quick check

  2. 02

    Chapter 2 · 3 lessons

    Probability

    1. 2.1

      Basic probability rules

      9 min · Quick check

    2. 2.2

      Conditional probability

      9 min · Quick check

    3. 2.3

      Random variables & expected value

      8 min · Quick check

  3. 03

    Chapter 3 · 3 lessons

    Distributions

    1. 3.1

      The normal distribution

      9 min · Quick check

    2. 3.2

      The binomial distribution

      8 min · Quick check

    3. 3.3

      Sampling distributions & the CLT

      9 min · Quick check

  4. 04

    Chapter 4 · 3 lessons

    Estimation

    1. 4.1

      Point estimates & sampling error

      8 min · Quick check

    2. 4.2

      Confidence intervals for a mean

      9 min · Quick check

    3. 4.3

      Confidence intervals for a proportion

      8 min · Quick check

  5. 05

    Chapter 5 · 3 lessons

    Hypothesis Testing

    1. 5.1

      The logic of significance

      9 min · Quick check

    2. 5.2

      Tests for means (t-tests)

      9 min · Quick check

    3. 5.3

      Errors & common pitfalls

      8 min · Quick check

  6. 06

    Chapter 6 · 3 lessons

    Relationships

    1. 6.1

      Correlation

      8 min · Quick check

    2. 6.2

      Simple linear regression

      9 min · Quick check

    3. 6.3

      Chi-square for categorical data

      8 min · Quick check

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