Foundations of Data Analysis – University of Texas at Austin’s – EDX

This course will walk through the basics of statistical thinking – starting with an interesting question. Then, we’ll learn the correct statistical tool to help answer our question of interest – using R and hands-on Labs. Finally, we’ll learn how to interpret our findings and develop a meaningful conclusion.

This course will consist of instructional videos for statistical concepts broken down into manageable chunks – each followed by some guided questions to help your understanding of the topic

• Week One: Introduction to Data
• Week Two: Univariate Descriptive Statistics
• Week Three: Bivariate Distributions
• Week Four: Bivariate Distributions (Categorical Data)

• Week Five: Linear Functions
• Week Six: Exponential and Logistic Function Models
• Week Seven: Sampling
• Week Eight: Hypothesis Testing (One and Two Group Means)
• Week Nine: Hypothesis Testing (Categorical Data)
• Week Ten: Hypothesis Testing (More Than Two Group Means)

Starts Date: – February 2, 2016

Duration:

13 weeks

3-6 hours per week

Part Time/Fulltime:

Part Time

Fees: – Free

• Michael J. Mahomet