Statistics for Data Analysis

An Introduction to Your Nanodegree Program

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Introduction

Data Types

Measures of Center

Notation

Measures of Spread

Shape and Outliers

Introduction

Probability Basics

Gain the basics of probability using coins and die.

Binomial Distribution

Learn about one of the most popular distributions in probability - the Binomial Distribution.

Conditional Probability

Not all events are independent. Learn the probability rules for dependent events.

Bayes Rule

Learn one of the most popular rules in all of statistics - Bayes rule.

Introduction

Normal Distribution Theory

Learn the mathematics behind moving from a coin flip to a normal distribution.

Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem

Learn all about the underpinning of confidence intervals and hypothesis testing - sampling distributions.

Confidence Intervals

Learn how to use sampling distributions and bootstrapping to create a confidence interval for any parameter of interest.

Hypothesis Testing

Learn the necessary skills to create and analyze the results in hypothesis testing.

A/B Tests

Work through a case study of how A/B testing works for an online education company called Audacity.

Introduction

Regression

Use python to fit linear regression models, as well as understand how to interpret the results of linear models.

Multiple Linear Regression

Learn to apply multiple linear regression models in python. Learn to interpret the results and understand if your model fits well.

Logistic Regression

Learn to apply logistic regression models in python. Learn to interpret the results and understand if your model fits well.

Analyze A/B Test Results

You will be working to understand the results of an A/B test run by an e-commerce website. Your goal is to work through to help the company understand if they should implement the new page design.

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