Lecture I - Basic Statistics and Probability
The goal for this lecture is to familiarize the students with the basics of descriptive statistics and probability theory. In particular:
Sept 4, 2017 - 12:15-13:10
- Big Data vs Data Science
- Descriptive Statistics
- Anscombe’s Quartet
- Quantiles
- Correlations
- Definition of Probability
- Bayes Theorem
By the end of the lecture the students will understand some of the fundamental concepts and caveats involved in using of probability and statistics in practice.