Johns Hopkins University
Advanced Statistics for Data Science Specialization
Johns Hopkins University

Advanced Statistics for Data Science Specialization

Familiarize yourself with fundamental concepts in probability and statistics, data analysis and linear models for Data Science.

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Brian Caffo, PhD

Instructor: Brian Caffo, PhD

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  • Learn about probability, expectations, conditional probabilities, distributions, confidence intervals, bootstrapping, binomial proportions, and more.

  • Understand the matrix algebra of linear regression models.

  • Learn about canonical examples of linear models to relate them to techniques that you may already be using.

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