Free Course
Intro to Descriptive Statistics
Mathematics for Understanding Data
About this Course
Statistics is an important field of math that is used to analyze, interpret, and predict outcomes from data. Descriptive statistics will teach you the basic concepts used to describe data. This is a great beginner course for those interested in Data Science, Economics, Psychology, Machine Learning, Sports analytics and just about any other field.
Course Cost
Free
Timeline
Approx. 2 months
Skill Level
beginner
Included in Product
Rich Learning Content
Interactive Quizzes
Taught by Industry Pros
Self-Paced Learning
Course Leads
Ronald Rogers
Instructor
Katie Kormanik
Instructor
Sean Laraway
Instructor
What You Will Learn
Prerequisites and Requirements
This course assumes understanding of basic algebra and arithmetic.
See the Technology Requirements for using Udacity.
Why Take This Course
This course will teach you the basic terms and concepts in statistics as well as guide you through introductory probability.
You will learn how to....
- Use statistical research methods.
- Compute and interpret values like: Mean, Median, Mode, Sample, Population, and Standard Deviation.
- Compute simple probabilities.
- Explore data through the use of bar graphs, histograms, box plots, and other common visualizations.
- Investigate distributions and understand a distributions properties.
- Manipulate distributions to make probabilistic predictions on data.
What do I get?
- Instructor videos
- Learn by doing exercises
- Taught by industry professionals