Statistics Foundations: Using Data Sets

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Free Online Course: Statistics Foundations: Using Data Sets provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Statistics Foundations: Using Data Sets is taught by Eddie Davila.

Overview
  • Go beyond the basics of statistics with practical, example-based lessons to learn how data sets and statistics are used in the real world.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Discover samples, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing
    1. Sampling
    • Sample considerations
    • Random samples
    • Alternative to random samples
    2. Sample Size
    • The importance of sample size
    • The central limit theorem
    3. Standard Error
    • Standard error for proportions
    • Sampling distribution of the mean
    • Standard error for means
    4. Confidence Intervals
    • Introduction to confidence intervals
    • Components of a confidence interval
    • Creating a 95% confidence interval for a population
    • Alternative confidence intervals
    • Confidence intervals with unexpected outcomes
    5. Hypothesis Tests
    • Hypothesis test introduction
    • Hypothesis test : Step-by-step
    • One-tailed vs. two-tail tests
    • Significance test for proportions
    • Significance test for means
    • Type one and type two errors
    6. Continuing Your Statistics Learning Journey
    • Next steps and additional resources