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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....

Top reviews

OK

Nov 18, 2023

The course was incredibly informative. I am glad that I got the opportunity to study in a course on statistics from Stanford University itself. I thank the creators and participants of the course!

AB

May 24, 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!

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By Fabio A S d L J

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Mar 14, 2022

It is a great oportunity to get the basics of statistics, by having adequate theory lessons with real life problems. To be better, only if it applied that in a statistical software

By Naomi R

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Sep 12, 2024

I got a good overview on the matter. The tests allowed to learn from mistakes and the examples provided in the videos where helpful to understand the tests and methods introduced.

By Israel B G

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Dec 17, 2024

This a top-notch course because it teaches the logic behind the main statistical topic ranging from descriptive statistic to regression analysis and categorical data analysis.

By Aastha P

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Jan 24, 2024

This course has been truly beneficial, providing me with a clear understanding of fundamental concepts. The content is well-crafted and effectively refreshes our knowledge.

By Ariadne H

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Dec 7, 2024

A great introductory overview to statistical methods. Prof Walther makes an excellent job at presenting the concepts in a concise yet well clear and comprehensible manner.

By Jin S

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Dec 29, 2021

I think sometimes the professor can provide some details about the quiz and more questions in this quiz in order to help us have more deeper understanding of the stats.

By Shahnaz P

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Feb 22, 2023

The topics were explained very well by the instructor. Statistics can be intimidating but the professors way of teaching with examples made it easier to understand.

By Selin

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Jan 13, 2025

This is a course that covers all the key points that should be focused on in statistical analysis. It has a highly engaging presentation and is easy to understand.

By Taaran J

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May 15, 2023

Amazing course. It gave me a basic understanding of statistics, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Thank you for this course, Stanford University

By Jasmyn C

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May 15, 2023

Really great, clear, helpful course! Exactly what I needed to comprehensively review my statistics knowledge at an introductory, but comprehensive, level.

By Kateřina M

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Jul 27, 2022

Amazing course, I especially enjoyed the tests and exercises which led to applicable knowledge and higher confidence. Huge THANK YOU to everyone involved!

By Siva K

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Jan 30, 2023

The course is very useful to get an insight about basics of statistics. The instructions and course content is tightly packed with clear summary. Thanks

By Alejandro L

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Jul 22, 2022

Great refresher course on some basic stats concepts for data science. I use it to refresh when prepping for interviews, specially when i'm starting out.

By Talha G

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Mar 17, 2022

All the basics you are going to need in one place. Lacks details however, and assumes you will fill in the blanks with your own reasearch and study.

By Muhammad h o

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Sep 17, 2022

there is little bit issue with audio sound because it is very low and hard to listen without handfree. otherwise such a great experience to be here

By Ramiro J A A

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Aug 5, 2022

Its a hands on multi topic course that submerges the statistical newbie into real life algorithms to be used in data science and machine learning.

By Gayatri M D

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Mar 11, 2023

I enjoyed this course. I get to know about various new and different concepts of Statistics. I thanks to this platform for providing this course.

By Christian H G R

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May 2, 2024

Excelente curso para comprender desde los criterios básicos de estadística hasta los más avanzados, útiles para la base del análisis de datos.

By Ansh K

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Jun 28, 2022

I complete the course introduction to statistics to knowledge & skillsI complete the course introduction to statistics to knowledge & skills

By ASIbrahim S (

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Nov 22, 2024

Secara keseluruhan, kursus ini sangat bermanfaat, dan saya merekomendasikannya kepada siapa pun yang ingin mendalami topik ini. Terima kasih

By BANNUNAYAK

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Sep 6, 2023

all together it was an amazing experience to have this blessed course . thankyou professor for having such detailed short and sweet classes.

By Muhammad F N

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Aug 2, 2022

The course is extremely amazing! The presentation and materials are really easy to be understood. Thank you so much Professor and the team!

By Rodolpho J d A N

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Aug 16, 2024

The course is simply wonderful and enlightening. It will serve as a perfect foundation for my goal of entering the field of data science.

By Masud K

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Jul 4, 2023

From beginning to the end it's perfect. Knowledges and skills are awesome to have. Thank you Stanford and Coursera for this great Course.

By Eeshan B

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Dec 16, 2023

This course is the best i must say but I would like to tell you that you have to learn some or the other concepts from your high school.