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This course introduces you to sampling and exploring data, as well as basic probability theory and Bayes' rule. You will examine various types of sampling methods, and discuss how such methods can impact the scope of inference. A variety of exploratory data analysis techniques will be covered, including numeric summary statistics and basic data visualization. You will be guided through installing and using R and RStudio (free statistical software), and will use this software for lab exercises and a final project. The concepts and techniques in this course will serve as building blocks for the inference and modeling courses in the Specialization.

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Approx. 14 hours to complete

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Skills you will gain

Statistics
R Programming
Rstudio
Exploratory Data Analysis

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Beginner Level

Approx. 14 hours to complete

English

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Instructor

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4.83/5 (653 Ratings)

Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel

Associate Professor of the Practice

Department of Statistical Science

349,661 Learners

7 Courses

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

1

Week 1

12 minutes to complete

About Introduction to Probability and Data

This course introduces you to sampling and exploring data, as well as basic probability theory. You will examine various types of sampling methods and discuss how such methods can impact the utility of a data analysis. The concepts in this module will serve as building blocks for our later courses.Each lesson comes with a set of learning objectives that will be covered in a series of short videos. Supplementary readings and practice problems will also be suggested from OpenIntro Statistics, 3rd Edition, https://leanpub.com/openintro-statistics/, (a free online introductory statistics textbook, that I co-authored). There will be weekly quizzes designed to assess your learning and mastery of the material covered that week in the videos. In addition, each week will also feature a lab assignment, in which you will use R to apply what you are learning to real data. There will also be a data analysis project designed to enable you to answer research questions of your own choosing. Since this is a Coursera course, you are welcome to participate as much or as little as you’d like, though I hope that you will begin by participating fully. One of the most rewarding aspects of a Coursera course is participation in forum discussions about the course materials. Please take advantage of other students' feedback and insight and contribute your own perspective where you see fit to do so. You can also check out the resource page (https://www.coursera.org/learn/probability-intro/resources/crMc4) listing useful resources for this course. Thank you for joining the Introduction to Probability and Data community! Say hello in the Discussion Forums. We are looking forward to your participation in the course.

12 minutes to complete

1 video (Total 2 min), 1 reading

Week

2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Introduction to Data

Welcome to Introduction to Probability and Data! I hope you are just as excited about this course as I am! In the next five weeks, we will learn about designing studies, explore data via numerical summaries and visualizations, and learn about rules of probability and commonly used probability distributions. If you have any questions, feel free to post them on this module's forum (https://www.coursera.org/learn/probability-intro/module/rQ9Al/discussions?sort=lastActivityAtDesc&page=1) and discuss with your peers! To get started, view the learning objectives (https://www.coursera.org/learn/probability-intro/supplement/rooeY/lesson-learning-objectives) of Lesson 1 in this module.

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 28 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

Week

3

Week 3

1 hour to complete

Introduction to Data Project

1 hour to complete

2 readings

Week

4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Exploratory Data Analysis and Introduction to Inference

2 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 46 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

Week

5

Week 5

1 hour to complete

Exploratory Data Analysis and Introduction to Inference Project

1 hour to complete

2 readings

Week

6

Week 6

3 hours to complete

Introduction to Probability

3 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 82 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

Week

7

Week 7

1 hour to complete

Introduction to Probability Project

1 hour to complete

2 readings

Week

8

Week 8

5 hours to complete

Probability Distributions

Great work so far! Welcome to Week 4 -- the last content week of Introduction to Probability and Data! This week we will introduce two probability distributions: the normal and the binomial distributions in particular. As usual, you can evaluate your knowledge in this week's quiz. There will be no labs for this week. Please don't hesitate to post any questions, discussions and related topics on this week's forum (https://www.coursera.org/learn/probability-intro/module/VdVNg/discussions?sort=lastActivityAtDesc&page=1).

5 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 67 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

6 videos

Normal Distribution17m

Evaluating the Normal Distribution2m

Working with the Normal Distribution5m

Binomial Distribution17m

Normal Approximation to Binomial14m

Working with the Binomial Distribution9m

4 readings

Lesson Learning Objectives10m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND DATA WITH R

by CDOct 10, 2016

excellent course. lots of material to work off of. I wish there were more tutorials for the R language! I would love to learn more of the capabilities of the program through this online tool.

by AAJan 23, 2018

This course literally taught me a lot, the concepts were beautifully explained but the way it was delivered and overall exercises and the difficulty of problems made it more challenging and enjoying.

by GLJun 16, 2019

The final project is quite challenging but I have learned so much from this course. The lecture is great and the professor explains each concept well with examples. Really worthy of taking!!!

by SFJul 24, 2021

Nice course! The professor gave very clear lectures to us, and the textbook is excellent and detailed. It took me more than 20 hours to finish the entire course, but I learned a lot from it!

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