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Statistics and Probability (Metric)
Class Details
Tom Baker
Learn, or revise, basic stats, probability, hypothesis testing, estimation, regression and correlation.
Units
Probability
The idea of probability; tree diagrams; mutual exclusion and independence.
Descriptive Statistics
Histograms; averages and measures of dispersion for ungrouped and grouped data.
Probability Distributions
Discrete distributions (including Binomial, Poisson); continuous distributions (including Normal).
Hypothesis Testing
Null and alternative hypotheses; selecting a test; performing and interpreting a test.
Estimation
Estimators, standard error and confidence intervals.
Estimating means, standard deviations etc from numerical data.
How uncertain is my estimate?
"My estimate is almost certainly no more wrong than…"
Regression and Correlation
Fitting a curve to data, and measuring the correlation of two quantities.