From the course: Statistics Foundations 3: Using Data Sets

Discover samples, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing

From the course: Statistics Foundations 3: Using Data Sets

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Discover samples, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing

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- As a person that loves statistics, perhaps as someone who just appreciates statistics, you're probably comfortable with the basics, means, medians, standard deviations, probabilities, and normal distributions. They're all part of your stats vocabulary. But perhaps for you, stats appreciation is not enough. You want to collect your own data, you want to make a reasonable decision based on data, and you'd like to test statistical assumptions. If that sounds like you, you've come to the right place because that is what this course is all about. This course, Statistics Foundations: Using Data Sets, is the third of a four-part series that I'm hoping will empower you to better understand the numbers you will encounter in your life. In this course, we'll discuss the collection of data and the importance of the simple random sample. We'll look at confidence intervals, and we'll discover the importance of hypothesis testing in the fields of science, business, and beyond. Hi, my name is Eddie Davila. I'm a university instructor with degrees in business and engineering. I write ebooks. And of course, I develop online educational content. I'm a huge sports, music, and movie fan, and I'm passionate about science and health. And I can tell you that in every important facet of my life, having a better understanding of statistics allows me to improve my performance and often to find a greater level of satisfaction whether I'm working or playing. And I'll tell you, I think you'll walk away with a new perspective after watching this course. You won't just understand the power of data and statistics. You'll understand some of the common mistakes and misconceptions about statistics. Welcome to Statistics Foundations: Using Data Sets. A better understanding of the incredible power of collecting data through samples is just around the corner.

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