Statistics: Unlocking the World of Data

Interested in learning Statistics and Data Science? This free online course from the University of Edinburgh is for you.

Course description

At a time when understanding data is becoming more and more important, this free course will introduce learners to the fundamentals of statistics and provide them with a toolkit to better understand the data and statistics we encounter in everyday life.

The course looks at what data is, how we present it, and how statistics is used to investigate many challenging issues and scientific advances, from global warming to modern-day slavery, or from the decline of biodiversity to advances in pharmaceutical research. Through a combination of videos, examples, interactive apps, discussions and quizzes, learners are taken on a journey into the heart of statistics.

What you’ll learn

After completing this course, you’ll be able to:

• Understand the key principles of statistics;
• Interpret and evaluate the kinds of data found in everyday life;
• Perform, and interpret results from, simple statistical analyses.

Course content

• Introducing Data
• Patterns in Data
• Collecting Data
• Uncertainty in Data
• Distribution
• Estimation
• Statistical Testing
• Further Statistical Testing

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