Data Analysis Methods

The goal of this course is to provide students with an introduction to basic statisticaltechniques for analyzing data. Students will develop an understanding of conceptsunderlying modern statistics and statistical reasoning that will equip them with tools to analyze variety of data types and data sources and also visualize it. We will first learn principles of descriptive statistics. Next, we will cover principles and techniques of inferential statistics, and design of experiments. Students will explore various statistical measures and techniques for analyzing data, and practice applying this knowledge to real-world data problems. Practical topics include: descriptive and inferential statistics, sampling, experimental design, statistical models, parametric and non-parametric tests, ordinary least squares regression, logistic regression, and explorative data analysis.

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