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Probability and Statistics: To p or not to p?
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Reviewed on Mar 3, 2021
This is a very mind-blowing course and it helped me in many ways. The subtitles and note-taking are great ideas too, plus they are not strict which is a total opposite in real classes
Reviewed on Jun 11, 2020
Very good course to understand the basics. It is better if a few more examples are added for solving by participants to have a clearer understanding of the concept.
Reviewed on May 3, 2020
The basics of statistics are very well explained, with easy to follow and clear examples! Some concepts finally clicked (although explained before in a university statistics course).
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