Course · Intermediate
Introduction to Statistics in Python
This course will help you learn the fundamentals of statistics in data science. At the end, you'll be able to use statistics to perform practical data analysis.
- Intermediate friendly
- 8 hrs
- 5 lessons
- 1 project
- Premium
Course overview
Practice core statistical techniques in Python to sample data, analyze variables, and visualize frequency distributions for real projects.
What's inside
5 lessons · 1 project
- 01 142 minSampling
Learn about various sampling methods.
- 02 60 minVariables in Statistics
Learn about variables in statistics, and how they're measured.
- 03 82 minFrequency Distributions
Learn to generate and analyze frequency distributions.
- 04 52 minVisualizing Frequency Distributions
Learn to generate graphs for frequency distributions.
- 05 61 minComparing Frequency Distributions
Learn how to compare frequency distributions with visualizations
- 06 54 minGuided Project: Investigative Statistical Analysis - Analyzing Accuracy in Data Presentation Project
For this project, we'll step into the role of data journalists to analyze movie ratings data and determine if there's evidence of bias in Fandango's rating system. We'll apply statistical analysis skills using Python.
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