Review the basics of discrete math and probability before enhancing your probability skills and learning how to interpret data with tools such as the central limit theorem, confidence intervals and more. Complete short weekly mathematical assignments.
Statistics for Data Science Essentials
This course is part of AI and Machine Learning Essentials with Python Specialization
Instructors: Chris Callison-Burch
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Comprehensively review probability and understand its role as a building block of data science.
Apply the central limit theorem, confidence intervals and the method of maximum likelihood to solving data science problems.
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There are 4 modules in this course
In the first week of the course, we’ll introduce you to a broad definition of data science and go over some of its main building blocks. To prepare, we'll spend some time reviewing discrete math fundamentals. By the end of the week, we will solve our first data science task using random sampling.
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8 videos1 reading4 assignments
The second week of our course is devoted to probability: since probability is the main language used by almost every data science concept, we will commit some time to deepening our understanding of it. By the end of the week, you will have far more tools in your probability toolkit, which will serve you throughout your AI and machine learning journey.
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6 videos4 assignments
In this week, we will build up our general framework of statistical estimation, taking from several of the concepts we have discussed and more that we will continue to add this week. We will start by going over the sample mean, and we will analyze how good this is as an estimator. We will then explore the Central Limit Theorem, one of the most effective and widely-used tools in statistics and data science. We will also continue some probability review.
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8 videos4 assignments
Now that we have learned the important machinery of the Central Limit Theorem, we are ready to learn about confidence intervals this week. Confidence intervals are the main quantities to characterize error bars in almost any area of data science and machine learning. After going through confidence intervals and some examples, we will also explore a more general perspective on estimation: point estimation.
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7 videos1 reading4 assignments
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