Statistical inference is the process of drawing conclusions about populations or scientific truths from data. There are many modes of performing inference including statistical modeling, data oriented strategies and explicit use of designs and randomization in analyses. Furthermore, there are broad theories (frequentists, Bayesian, likelihood, design based, …) and numerous complexities (missing data, observed and unobserved confounding, biases) for performing inference. A practitioner can often be left in a debilitating maze of techniques, philosophies and nuance. This course presents the fundamentals of inference in a practical approach for getting things done. After taking this course, students will understand the broad directions of statistical inference and use this information for making informed choices in analyzing data.
Statistical Inference
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Instructors: Brian Caffo, PhD
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Understand the process of drawing conclusions about populations or scientific truths from data
Describe variability, distributions, limits, and confidence intervals
Use p-values, confidence intervals, and permutation tests
Make informed data analysis decisions
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There are 4 modules in this course
This week, we'll focus on the fundamentals including probability, random variables, expectations and more.
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10 videos11 readings1 assignment5 programming assignments
We're going to tackle variability, distributions, limits, and confidence intervals.
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10 videos4 readings1 assignment3 programming assignments
We will be taking a look at intervals, testing, and pvalues in this lesson.
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11 videos5 readings1 assignment3 programming assignments
We will begin looking into power, bootstrapping, and permutation tests.
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9 videos4 readings1 assignment3 programming assignments1 peer review
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Reviewed on Mar 21, 2017
The strategy for model selection in multivariate environment should have been explained with an example. This will make the model selection process, interaction and its interpretation more clear.
Reviewed on Jul 8, 2021
Statistics was not, to put it mildly, my favorite subject in college. This class, however, managed to actually get me involved in the subject as it is tought with applicability in mind. Thank you.
Reviewed on Oct 22, 2016
Brian is a very good lecturer. Even though he is knowledgeable, he goes through everything step by step and makes sure you don't fall off the wagon at any point. I had fun doing this course!
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