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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....

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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!

BH

Jun 27, 2023

I started this course to get into machine learning and AI. This was packed with a lot of information to get you started. It doesn't got deep into each topic but great for an overal view.

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By Mohamad H

Jan 25, 2023

Thescourse focus on developing statistical thinking skills without being heavy calculation oriented. It explains main statistical data analysis principles for beginners clearly. However, the instructor should improve the presentation because it is not engaging and includes too much text. It could also include more mathematical terms and calculation examples using mathematical notations.

By Lissa N

Sep 22, 2022

The course was extremely helpful and covered exactly what it was meant to. Most of the topics were covered in an in-depth manner and are not difficult to understand. It is important to mention that some of these topics might require individual work and research on top of what is taught in order to fully grasp the concepts. All in all, it is a great start to understanding statistics.

By Julie S

Jun 20, 2022

I believe this is an over all good introduction to statistics. I do not feel confident in everything that was taught, but I would be able to at least recognize the topics. Some of the links in the homework don't work and overall I found the homework scenarios to be confusing at times. I think the instructor was very knowledgable and I appreciate the access to his course.

By Rahul S

Jul 7, 2022

It is a great course to get the basic knowledge of statistics. if you are someone who is starting their career in analytics and don't have any knowledge of statistics this course can help you start your journery.

The certificate is a bit expensive though and I believe the price could be lower.

By Yudan Z

Jun 28, 2022

Overall good and well-explained, but towards the end some parts are too complicated to understand. It would be great if it was more beginner friendly! I had to watch the videos twice to understand most of the contents, but I still couldn't really follow the last three weeks.

By Cheryl S

Jan 7, 2022

Statistics are a bit too boring for me. Some definitions are difficult to understand, what's more, there are many formulas, which makes it easy for beginners to mix them up. Although the professor tries to make everything clear, the knowledge points are difficult to digest.

By Lee S

Aug 10, 2021

Good intro-refresher into what stats and probability terms mean and what they are used for especially in a more data driven society. Occasionaly needed to go over material 2 or 3 times to understand points being made. overall appreciated the course.

By Brandon W

Mar 8, 2023

Offers a broad survey of main statistical concepts for those wanting just an overview. Does not go in depth or provide any rigorous foundation. The lack of depth makes it difficult to apply the covered techniques without using other sources.

By ENRIQUE G M

Jun 24, 2022

Es muy interesante, aunque algunos conceptos no se explican lo suficientemente bien como para que alguien que no sepa estadística lo entienda. Algunas lecciones requerirán investigación fuera del curso para poder ser comprendidas claramente.

By Bartek B

May 1, 2022

Confidence intervals and hypothesis thesis was very well explained, however, the course is fast paced and some of the videos lack thorough explanation. I am a master computer science student and couldn't understand all the details (but most)

By Yehor C

Apr 13, 2025

Good introductory course, but sometimes I had to search the web and ask chat gpt questions to understand the material presented. Would recommend it to anyone who wants to start getting a handle on statistics and probability

By Victoria H

Jan 31, 2025

I found this course rather insightful and pretty enjoyable. However, it did get abit harder to follow on the later modules as I personally had not done math in a long time. I think the examples given were very helpful.

By Valentina G

Oct 24, 2022

A very good instance to learn the basics of Statistics. It feels a little rushed, since you only have a few questions at the end of each module and sometimes you might need some more practice before assesing them.

By Martin S

Aug 15, 2024

Good intro and recap, sometimes more precise explanation of the statistical terms would be beneficial. This was for me always the biggest problem in understanding statistics: the vocabulary and it's precise usage.

By Moisés A

Mar 26, 2022

Foi ótimo rever algumas coisas básicas da área. A apresentação é boa e a maioria das coisas é bem explicada. No entanto, senti falta de aplicar isso computacionalmente em softwares como R e Python durante o curso.

By Muhammad S A

Aug 12, 2022

Liked the first half of the course. I think the later topics could have been explained in more detail. Found the lectures montonous sometimes. I had studied some statisitcs before, so this was a good revision.

By Qonitatul R

Feb 5, 2023

thanks for helping me learn more about statistics. At first I thought statistics were just simple calculations, but in practice they turned out to be quite complicated and required us to think hard and smart.

By shurabil s

Sep 25, 2024

Course maintains a good quality throughout modules, very interesting topics are covered. However, for practice questions and revision I needed to look elsewhere to ensure I got high on the quizzes and exams.

By Stefanie P

Feb 7, 2022

As someone who has not taken a college course or math in 15 years, this was not too difficult to follow. I was taking it to understand concepts and not necessarily produce calculations. This fit the bill.

By Joel M

Aug 12, 2022

Gives a great overview of every important topic in statistics. However, lots of things aren't explained thoroughly. I had to use other websites to gain a sufficient understanding of lots of material.

By Weijie M

Apr 22, 2022

Dont think this course really suits beginners for statistics. Rather, it's challenging and the concepts sometimes are even confusing. Anyway I think I did learned something during the course.

By Hai

Apr 9, 2025

It provides beginners like me with a lot of new knowledge, but honestly I have to use other tools to help understand the concepts in the course, otherwise it is quite difficult for me

By min x

Feb 2, 2022

It was short and informational, but the knowledge is somehow deep for beginners. Maybe the lecturer elaborating a little bit more on major concepts would be profitable for beginners.

By Bikram K N

Feb 5, 2022

The course was very interesting. A lot of concepts were touched up on, but the explanation part was a little less. I can label it as a very good introductory course to Statistics.

By Louis M

Feb 13, 2022

Very intersting and insightful course. I believe some topics, especially those that come up often, could have been clarified further through definitions rather than mere examples