Statistics: Making Sense of Data
Material Type
Self-paced
H3Africa Topics (Categories)
Maths & Biostatistics
Authors
Alison Gibbs; Jeffrey Rosenthal
Institute
University of Toronto
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This course will provide an intuitive introduction to applied statistical reasoning, introducing fundamental statistical skills and acquainting students with the full process of inquiry and evaluation used in investigations in a wide range of fields. In particular, the course will cover methods of data collection, constructing effective graphical and numerical displays to understand the data, how to estimate and describe the error in estimates of some important quantities, and the key ideas in how statistical tests can be used to separate significant differences from those that are only a reflection of the natural variability in data.