- 7
- Units
- 33
- Lessons
- 6/6
- Labs
Turn data into insight. Descriptive statistics, probability, distributions, sampling and regression - the foundation of data science.
What you'll learn
The key areas this subject covers, mapped to the official curriculum.
- Descriptive statistics and visualization
- Probability and rules
- Probability distributions
- Sampling and estimation
- Correlation and regression
Course units
The structured path through this subject.
- 1
Introduction
Why statistics matters, the nature of statistical data, and how data is collected and organized.
4 topics · 4 lessons available
- 2
Descriptive Statistics
Summarizing datasets with location, spread and shape measures.
5 topics · 5 lessons available
- 3
Introduction to Probability
Sample spaces, counting rules, and the axioms and theorems of probability.
4 topics · 4 lessons available
- 4
Sampling
Sampling frames, probability and non-probability methods, and the sampling distribution of the mean.
5 topics · 5 lessons available
- 5
Random Variables and Mathematical Expectation
Random variables, probability functions, and the expectation and variance of a random variable.
5 topics · 5 lessons available
- 6
Probability Distributions
Discrete and continuous probability models: Bernoulli, binomial, Poisson, and normal.
5 topics · 5 lessons available
- 7
Correlation and Linear Regression
Measuring association between variables and fitting the least-squares regression line.
5 topics · 5 lessons available
Subject details
- Code
- STA-169
- Credit hours
- 3
- Semester
- Semester II
- Category
- statistics