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About the Course

Understanding statistics is essential to understand research in the social and behavioral sciences. In this course you will learn the basics of statistics; not just how to calculate them, but also how to evaluate them. This course will also prepare you for the next course in the specialization - the course Inferential Statistics. In the first part of the course we will discuss methods of descriptive statistics. You will learn what cases and variables are and how you can compute measures of central tendency (mean, median and mode) and dispersion (standard deviation and variance). Next, we discuss how to assess relationships between variables, and we introduce the concepts correlation and regression. The second part of the course is concerned with the basics of probability: calculating probabilities, probability distributions and sampling distributions. You need to know about these things in order to understand how inferential statistics work. The third part of the course consists of an introduction to methods of inferential statistics - methods that help us decide whether the patterns we see in our data are strong enough to draw conclusions about the underlying population we are interested in. We will discuss confidence intervals and significance tests. Normally, you would not only learn about all these statistical concepts, but you would also be trained to calculate and generate these statistics yourself using freely available statistical software. Due to technical issues we are currently unable to do so. We will try to offer this again soon....

Top reviews

AR

Aug 27, 2017

Very Good course. I was pretty much satisfied. R-lab can be improved and better explanations to help us on the test could have been given (after not passing the first time, for example).

YM

Apr 9, 2019

It is not possible to revise the course by reading transcripts only. One has to go through all the videos. Otherwise, it is a very good course and explained in a very simple and easy manner.

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By Nikhil A

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Jan 18, 2016

Loved presentation style. Very simple way to teach complex concept.

By Alvin M S

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Jun 23, 2020

Excellent way to learn Basic Statistics with the help of R Studio.

By Gerhan S

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Jan 3, 2020

Good course with clear video's with good sometimes funny examples.

By Sathyajith S M

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Jul 24, 2020

This was an awesome intro to stats. I'm really thankful for this.

By Mohammed T

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Mar 31, 2019

The best course to boost your confidence in statistics for career

By Solomon A

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Oct 5, 2017

Great course. Covers many of the important aspects of statistics.

By bobbyray b

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Mar 9, 2016

Well recorded video, clear and kind explanation, and interesting.

By josue l

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May 12, 2022

C'est un trés bon cours qui répond complètement à mes exigences.

By Devarsh A

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Nov 8, 2021

Great Course. Language R is difficult. Presentation in very nice

By Ariadna M

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Apr 26, 2021

I loved the videos. The quizzes and final exam were really hard!

By L Z

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Jul 16, 2020

Very infromative and hands-on course. Like especially the R-lab.

By Marjorie G

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Jul 7, 2018

video lectures are awesome!!! this is a tough course, but fun!!!

By Güneycan S

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Jul 11, 2016

Intuitive, clear, neither too fast nor too slow.. easy to follow

By Giulia P

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May 29, 2016

The course is very well done and explained in a very simple way!

By Wanderson A d L

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Mar 26, 2022

Excelente curso para quem esta iniciando, com teoria e prática.

By Abdulla A

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May 6, 2021

Very helpful and simple. Clear explanation. Highly recommended.

By Sen W

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Mar 30, 2016

Easy and Clear, I wish I could find this course a year earlier.

By Albert v S

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Feb 10, 2016

Good course, nice illustrations that really support the course!

By Lawrence N

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Aug 20, 2022

I learnt so much. The explanations and exercises were awesome

By Purva R

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Nov 10, 2019

Detailed explanations in the most simplest way to understand.

By Deleted A

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Aug 13, 2018

Very demanding but rewarding. Excellent teachers and content.

By SUSHEEL Y

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Oct 27, 2016

It was a great course and method of teaching was exceptional.

By Tudor C

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Jan 22, 2016

Very good course, nice examples! Carry on with the good work!

By Nguyễn V H

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Jun 17, 2021

Thanks for the effort of the team to make statistics easier.

By Krishna K

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Jun 15, 2020

The Course was challenging to begin with, but well worth it,