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Statistics • Series

Statistics in the Everyday Life

Nicholas L

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This series ended on August 7, 2021. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

Series Details

About

This series is for people who want to know how to correctly use statistics beyond just answering math questions on a test. Having taken a dedicated statistics class is not necessary to join (though I assume you know what mean/median/mode are, etc). We will cover topics including normal distributions, study designs, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and significance tests. For those who are taking AP statistics next year, this can serve as a great preview to many of the topics you will be covering. The session will last about 2 weeks, though this depends on how many days a week we choose to meet. 

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

Please try to attend every session, but there will not be a strict attendance policy. During the first session, we will vote on days and times which work best for the majority of us in order to increase convenience and attendance.

Dates

July 27 - August 7

Learners

15 / 20

Total Sessions

About the Tutor

I am a high school student in Long Beach, California who loves calculus, physics, and statistics. I genuinely believe that anyone can learn learn challenging topics like calculus and look forward to helping you on your math journey! When I attend university, I want to major in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering and love to mess around with engineering projects in my free time.

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Upcoming Sessions

Past Sessions

Jul

Session 1

Orientation

Tue Jul 27, 2021, 1:00 AM

We will vote on days and times which work best for us and discuss the plans for the series. In the remaining time, we will begin discussing normal distributions. 

Jul

Session 2

Exploring one-variable quantitative data: Percentiles, z-scores, and the normal distribution

Thu Jul 29, 2021, 1:00 AM

We will continue to discuss when we use normal distributions and how we use them. If we finish up early, we will start the topic of study design. 

Jul

Session 3

Collecting data

Sat Jul 31, 2021, 1:00 AM

We will cover the basics on how properly structured studies and experiments are conducted and the limitations of both. 

Aug

Session 4

Sampling distributions

Tue Aug 3, 2021, 1:00 AM

We will explore what sampling distributions are and how we use them to analyze results from studies. 

Aug

Session 5

Confidence intervals

Thu Aug 5, 2021, 1:00 AM

We will learn about confidence intervals. 

Aug

Session 6

Significance tests (hypothesis testing)

Sat Aug 7, 2021, 1:00 AM

We will learn about the basics of significance tests. 

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