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About the Course

Stanford's "Introduction to Statistics" teaches you statistical thinking concepts that are essential for learning from data and communicating insights. By the end of the course, you will be able to perform exploratory data analysis, understand key principles of sampling, and select appropriate tests of significance for multiple contexts. You will gain the foundational skills that prepare you to pursue more advanced topics in statistical thinking and machine learning. Topics include Descriptive Statistics, Sampling and Randomized Controlled Experiments, Probability, Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem, Regression, Common Tests of Significance, Resampling, Multiple Comparisons....

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AB

May 23, 2023

The lectures were clear and thorough, with a good amount of examples. The quizzes were excellent, and I learned a lot from the feedback. One of the best Coursera courses I have ever taken!

BH

Jun 26, 2023

I started this course to get into machine learning and AI. This was packed with a lot of information to get you started. It doesn't got deep into each topic but great for an overal view.

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By Gak R

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Jul 1, 2022

i took this course to perform a review on my stats course i had taken from my Univeristy. I'm now a Senior in bachelors degree considering to proceed to computational neuroscience for masters degree. This was a great course to refresh my memory but it will be greater if they presented more visual examples such as graphs, curves, tables etc. And also Id be glad if they presented more precise and detailed explanation for the formulae.

By SOURAV P

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Jul 26, 2022

Hi this was an enlightning course for a non stat background student or professional.

However as the course progressed there were advanced topics which would probably require more clarity and lengthy discussion from the video. I went through multiple youtube videos to get holistic idea of later concepts.

Overall this is a very good starting point for individuals willing to learn solid concepts.

By Kapil C

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Jul 1, 2021

I have completed almost half a course and I want to thank Mr. Guenther Walther for making statistics understanding so easy and fascinating. Very useful course for people who wants to make their carrier in data analytics because I think statistics is the core foundation for any data analysis. Once again thanks to Mr. Guenther Walther, Stanford University and Coursera for compiling the course.

By Dylan A

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Sep 28, 2021

Excellent course. As a data analyst, a familiarity with Statistics is very useful. This has given me a really good background to statistical concepts and key terms. I feel much more confident with concepts such as confidence & significance, statistical tests and regression. I find some of the later modules very interesting, such as data snooping, bootstrapping and the monte carlo method.

By Y. Z

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Sep 30, 2021

This course helps me call back a lot of concepts and methods that I learned at University but have forgotten. The instructor gives concise but to-the-point explanations and easy-to-remember examples, which even enables me to gain better understanding about some concepts that I used to confuse. I have picked up my interest in learning. Many thanks to the course and to the instructor!

By Jakub K

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Apr 2, 2022

I thoroughly enjoyed Guenther's explanations, though sometimes I felt like they were a bit too much of a birds-eye-view explanations, and without enough detail. This meant that I had to look for information elsewhere i.e. on YouTube and journal papers. I remember this happening specifically with: ANOVAs and the Monte Carlo Simulation.

By 20-047 F F R

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Jun 15, 2022

the material is delivered by great and experienced presenters, the material presented is clear and easy to understand, the material presented also uses good visualization so that it helps to understand. the reading given is also clear and the core material can be understood, unfortunately there is no translation for Indonesian

By Sanijela S

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Apr 4, 2022

The course is well organized by topics and provides some basic knowledge of statistics. Occasionaly, it' was a bit hard to follow since some explanations were short and a bit dry. All in all, it gave me a good starting point and a basic understanding of how statistic works and how can it be implemented in data science.

By berenice o

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May 9, 2022

Loved the course, was very happy with the trainer and content shared. My first intro to Statistics at times felt very overwhelming especially when it came to the formulas, but overall, I learnt so much.

I am greatful to have been afforded an opportunity to enroll and complete this course.

Thank you Stanford University.

By Pedro L C E

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May 9, 2023

Excellent introduction to Modern Statistics.

This is a course with a lot of new useful vocabulary, and with a significant amount of interesting practical problems and exercises that help to endure the conceptual framework of the course.

Thank you so much for allowing me to take this course,

God Bless You All.

By Amol D

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Jan 28, 2022

I took the course to brush up my knowledge. Having worked in Data Science for quite some time now I have definitely forgotten some concepts which I did not use for a long time. So this reason this quick course was great refresher. I would also suggest this course to anyone starting in Data Science field

By SKY_BLAZE A

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Feb 4, 2023

The course is excellent to learn statistics, being a first year university student, I found it very interesting due to the wonderful examples used to teach theorems and concepts. The industrial insights provided motivation along the way! Overall the course induced in me a liking towards statistics!!

By Erick A C C

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Dec 6, 2022

This course was a great introduction to statistics. The topics covered were very comprehensive and the explanations were very clear. The course was very well organized and the pacing was just right. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone looking for a good introduction to statistics.

By Deleted A

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Apr 26, 2022

Very insightful course on the foundation of statistics. I would recommend this course to people who previously had statistics background but want to refresh their knowledge. For very first time beginners, this course can be overwhelming because of the short explanations on some of the concepts.

By Kalisa M

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Aug 16, 2022

Thank you for the excellent course. I also really appreciate being able to take as much time as I need to complete it, since I work full time and have a disability. This is truly bringing education to everyone in a real way. I would not have access to such resources without Coursera.

By Ilo M

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Nov 13, 2023

As returning student coming from different field I took this class with no prior knowledge or experience to learn new skills and eventually jump into new career. This course have helped me understand the fundamentals of statistics along with different examples in different modules.

By Sunny B

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Jun 17, 2023

Was a great step by step course formulated by Sir. Guenther Walther.

It was a challenging task for me being from a medical background but the way he has explained things and MCQs at the end of each topic really helps

Enjoyed it and learned basics of Statistics

5 stars from my side.

By Tuan A V

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Apr 29, 2023

Great intro to statistic course!

The instructor was very engaging in his presentations. Each topic was well explained and made easy to digest. Practices or examples are supplemented with each learning point to help the learners really understand the material and how it is applied.

By ADNAN H

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Oct 6, 2022

Statistical knowledge helps you use the proper methods to collect the data, employ the correct analyses, and effectively present the results. Statistics is a crucial process behind how we make discoveries in science, make decisions based on data, and make predictions.

By Fernando D S

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Feb 8, 2023

I was surprised about how good a course without use of software could be. It is a good preparation for a second course using statistics in any other course using statistics. An active student would try to solve some problems presented in this course using Python.

By Olga L

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Nov 9, 2022

This course gives a good summary of different principles, ideas, methods, approaches, etc. used in the statistics and is an excellent foundation to further exploration. At first it was rather difficult but I have learnt to see and analyse things in a specific way.

By intan k s

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Sep 4, 2022

A very good course for beginner, even without any statistic background, videos & explanations are understandable. This course made me realise that, there are so much more to the world of statisics and it uses to process massive datas to able to get a findings.

By Pierre L P

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Jul 28, 2022

This course is very helpful , I am a teacher of statistic but many thing learned in this lesson have been strange for me . Thank you so much !!!

I hope the others can use this course to upgrade their skills and keep on to learn more in statistics

By Katarzyna S

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Jul 28, 2023

You might need to rewatch some of the videos and look through the notes as some of the topics are covered very quickly, but Guenther shows some examples and application which is very useful and really helped me understand statistical testing.

By gooodluke

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May 23, 2022

bonne entrée en la matière qui permet en plus de se familiariser avec le vocabulaire spécifique (les propos sont repris en dessous des vidéos au format texte). J'ai néanmoins eu besoin de travailler à côté pour bien comprendre les acquis.