Do you need an introduction to statistics or maybe just a refresher? Do you want to improve your understanding of data and use it to make decisions? If you’re looking for help with statistics, this online statistics course is for you!
With easy-to-understand examples combined with real-world applications, this course provides you with the skills and knowledge you need to start analyzing data. You will learn how to use, collect, and then apply data to real-life problems with charts, numbers, and graphs.
Beyond that, you will learn ways to visualize and measure relationships to make forecasts and predictions. Throughout the course, you will use real data and a variety of examples
Duration: 3 Months
- Details
- Learn about data and data collection practices
- Learn to summarize and describe data with charts, numbers, and graphs
- Discover how to calculate and interpret probabilities and then see how they apply to decision making when you’re faced with uncertainty
- Learn ways to visualize and measure relationships in data
- Develop ways to use data to make forecasts and predictions
- Understand statistical inference and what it means for a result to be statistically significant
- Course Outline
What Is Statistics, Anyway?
Quantitative Data: From Averages to Z-Scores
Displaying Quantitative Data: Dots, Plots, and Histograms
Displaying Qualitative Data: Percentages, Charts, and Graphs
Is There a Link? Scatterplots and Correlation
Linear Regression: How Can You Predict the Future?
What’s the Chance of That? Probability Concepts
Probability Models: What’s Normal?
The Key to Inference: Sampling Distributions
How Certain Are You? Confidence Intervals for Proportions
Trial by Data: Testing Hypotheses About Proportions
Inference About Means - Requirements
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites to take this course.
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows XP or later.
- Mac: OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Flash Player. Click here to download the Flash Player.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click here to download the Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Course Fee: USD 120Now available at Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakstan and Sri Lanka