Introduction to Statistics and Data Science
STAT 100
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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.
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
