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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 Jaeri S

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Nov 23, 2022

needed more details!

By Asha M

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Sep 8, 2024

good course

By Tanguy N

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May 17, 2022

Very good

By Legendary W

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Feb 7, 2023

great

By Mhamed B

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Mar 13, 2023

so so

By Muaz N

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Jun 24, 2022

good

By Nicholas F

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Aug 12, 2024

This course was extremely frustrating for me. While I do not have a background in statistics or data science, I do have two Bachelor's degrees and took the course as a prerequisite for a Doctoral program. The marketing of this course is misleading - the title should not be "Introduction to Statistics". It would be more appropriate to title this course "Advanced statistical concepts" as the content was in fact advanced, the pace rapid, and the descriptive terminology complex. The professor is clearly brilliant in his field, however he does not deliver the material in a digestible manner for those without a background in statistics. Do not take this course if you are looking for a refresher on stats. I gave two stars because the user interface is great.

By Brittany R

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Mar 15, 2022

This course basically summarizes different components of statistics. The professor jumped straight into examples to explain concepts but didn't explain important terms and how he labeled parts of the equations before going into an example. I felt like there weren't explanations that would help better the understanding. I had to use outside resources to better understand what was being taught.

By Muhammed C Ö

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Oct 9, 2024

The instructor was just reading from the slides. I’m not a beginner in statistics, but even I found it quite difficult. Even though the topics had a wide scope, I managed to grasp most of them by working alongside ChatGPT in the end. I do not recommend it.

By Necip F E

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Apr 14, 2022

It teaches you what those tools do, but does not teach you how and why. I think this is caused by not including the calculus side of the subject. At the end of the day, you will know what those tools do, but you won't understand completely.

By Allan T

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May 6, 2022

Not much effort was put into designing this course. It's simply the instructor talking over PowerPoint slides and scribbling on them. A good textbook would provide a better introduction in a more engaging way.

By Nazmul I

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Feb 9, 2022

I am happy to complete the courses, I learned a lot of empirical rules and terms, and helps me in my present time, but if certificates are given without cost, it will be beneficial for me.

By DHINAKARAN.S

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Jul 17, 2022

You Said free course..after completed You say purchase the certificate....haa..haaa...sema comedy.........manufacturing defect in your born body

By Joao M P

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Jan 15, 2022

The beginning of the course is very well explained, but in the more detailed parts that are some chapters that lack explanations

By LUCA I

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May 9, 2023

Poor in examples, extra material is need to understannd a lot of concepts tought in this course.

Not satisfied at all

By Gao M

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Jul 17, 2022

concept not well explained. can only be used as re-cap course when already have good understanding on the concept

By javier v m

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Mar 29, 2024

First 4 weeks of good material Last 4 weeks Welcome to Hell

By PRINN S

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Jan 22, 2023

very hard to follow. slow speak but very fast pace

By Prashanth P

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Jun 17, 2023

thanks to corsera providing gate experience

By Munan F

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Oct 29, 2024

not for beginners

By Susan M

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Feb 23, 2025

This is absolutely not an introduction. It is barely even a review. I had to spend a lot of time looking up resources elsewhere to get me through it. The lectures do not sufficiently prepare you for the tests at the end of each module. At best, it gives structure for someone who needs a refresher, but there surely must be better Coursera options out there.

By Diane D V

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May 14, 2022

The quiz questions are not worked well and it makes it a bit difficutl to understand what is being asked.

By Abdul B

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Nov 19, 2022

Literally slow and boring, Inadequate of definitions and examples

By Néstor d J M G

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Dec 26, 2022

The visual material isn't good.

By mohammed M C

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Jan 9, 2025

can't get the certificate