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Introduction to Probability and Data with R
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 10 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
Week 1: Unit 1 - Introduction to data
- Part 1 – Designing studies
- Part 2 – Exploratory data analysis
- Part 3 – Introduction to inference via simulation
- Part 1 – Defining probability
- Part 2 – Conditional probability
- Part 3 – Normal distribution
- Part 4 – Binomial distribution
- Part 1 – Variability in estimates and the Central Limit Theorem
- Part 2 – Confidence intervals
- Part 3 – Hypothesis tests
- Part 4 – Inference for other estimators
- Part 5 - Decision errors, significance, and confidence
- Part 1 – t-inference
- Part 2 – Power
- Part 3 – Comparing three or more means (ANOVA)
- Part 4 – Simulation based inference for means
- Part 1 – Single proportion
- Part 2 – Comparing two proportions
- Part 3 – Inference for proportions via simulation
- Part 4 – Comparing three or more proportions (Chi-square)
- Part 1 – Relationship between two numerical variables
- Part 2 – Linear regression with a single predictor
- Part 3 – Outliers in linear regression
- Part 4 – Inference for linear regression
- Part 1 – Regression with multiple predictors
- Part 2 – Inference for multiple linear regression
- Part 3 – Model selection
- Part 4 – Model diagnostics
- Bayesian vs. frequentist inference
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
- Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel - Department of Statistical Science
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