Introduction to Statistics and Data Science
STAT 100
Subject & Catalog Number
Course Information
Description
Introduction to key ideas underlying statistical and quantitative reasoning, and the practice of data science. Course topics include methods for organizing, summarizing and visualizing data; basics of probability; elements of study design; data ethics; parameter estimation and hypothesis testing in one- and two-sample problems; regression with one or more predictors; and basic analysis of categorical data. Students will learn a reproducible workflow for analyzing data in the R software environment. No prior statistics or computing knowledge is assumed.
Course Notes
This course requires students to choose timed sections during registration.
Class Notes
Faculty member teaching Stat 100 for fall is TBD
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
NOTE: This course requires additional sections; you will be prompted to choose secondary components during the Add to Cart process
