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About the Course

Stanford's "Introduction to Statistics" teaches you statistical thinking concepts that are essential for learning from data and communicating insights. By the end of the course, you will be able to perform exploratory data analysis, understand key principles of sampling, and select appropriate tests of significance for multiple contexts. You will gain the foundational skills that prepare you to pursue more advanced topics in statistical thinking and machine learning. Topics include Descriptive Statistics, Sampling and Randomized Controlled Experiments, Probability, Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem, Regression, Common Tests of Significance, Resampling, Multiple Comparisons....

Top reviews

OK

Nov 17, 2023

The course was incredibly informative. I am glad that I got the opportunity to study in a course on statistics from Stanford University itself. I thank the creators and participants of the course!

AB

May 23, 2023

The lectures were clear and thorough, with a good amount of examples. The quizzes were excellent, and I learned a lot from the feedback. One of the best Coursera courses I have ever taken!

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By Sabit A

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Feb 17, 2025

great but expensive course.

By PRATHAB

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Dec 11, 2022

Good experience in learning

By tony w

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Sep 13, 2022

some typo in the subtitle

By Anil V

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Aug 14, 2021

this course is amazing .

By Damitha E J

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Jul 19, 2023

Easy to understand ...

By Karan C

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Dec 21, 2021

Very Informative!!!!

By Satish K

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Oct 2, 2022

Good For beginners

By Sanidhya A

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Jan 2, 2022

achcha course tha

By Amruta

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Jul 7, 2023

Difficult one!

By Muthia F

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Nov 26, 2024

susah bgt :')

By Raphael N

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Dec 17, 2024

Great course

By Barış S

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Aug 9, 2024

very helpful

By Allan A B

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Jan 27, 2024

It was good

By vansh t

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Jul 9, 2023

exceptional

By Mohammed B

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Jun 25, 2023

realistic

By Patrick R

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Nov 21, 2024

awesome

By Munei T

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Jul 17, 2022

Great

By Tessa N

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Jul 18, 2024

Nice

By Shubham R

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Apr 29, 2023

good

By Ravi K

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Jul 19, 2021

good

By Quang L K (

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Nov 14, 2023

thx

By Serengeti J A

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May 21, 2022

This course covered a LOT of concepts. That said, out of necessity, it goes rather quickly. Instead of showing proofs or how he got to an equation, the instructor often breezes over it saying "so as we saw from ..., we now have ..." and that often left me confused because I had only just been introduced to the necessary concept once before (and briefly at that). I am NOT saying the instructor did a bad job, just that for my learning style, a bit more repetition when it came to introducing new formulas would have been very helpful. Because things often felt glosses over, it was common for a 5 minute video to take me 45 minutes of figuring out how he'd gotten a figure. Now that I've completed the course, I would say I have a much better idea of what I don't know- notice that I'm not saying I now understand these concepts.

By Robert M

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Mar 26, 2022

Provides a satisfactory overview of several basic statistical concepts and procedures, but most material is presented at the level of abstract theory. As such its practical significance is often hard to grasp and the relevance of the various presented statistical formulae is elusive. Furthermore, in each module the instructor presents a relatively fast-paced yet cursory overview of multiple statistical concepts and formulae, which makes the course less learner friendly, even when one pauses or rewatches the video lessons multiple times.

By YC L

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Mar 8, 2025

I truly appreciate the class -- It helped me to quickly refresh many important statistics concepts. However I feel the class is designed for neither beginners nor advanced students. The first few modules are beginner friendly and too easy for advanced users (not a problem, I can fast forward). Starting from the middle, modules have formulas popping up without sufficient explanations. Even if I learned these before, I needed to watch additional materials (e.g. StatQuest videos on YouTube) to fully refresh my memory.

By Megan C

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Jul 21, 2021

The course syllabus was enriching even for the first week. However, I was unable to access the data required for the quiz due to regional restrictions which is unimaginable for an online course that is offered to international and domestic students alike. The aim of an online course is to spread information via the unlimited possibilities of the internet, yet the design of this course severely undermines its purpose.