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resource(s) for intro stats? #70
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Would slides like these along with video and audio help? I'm afraid they Chi Squared Tests Sinan Ozdemir http://about.me/sinanozdemir On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Aaron Schumacher <notifications@github.com
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Could be good! Can you put together a statistics.md in the 00 linking to a good selection/sequence and send a pr? |
I spent some time today looking for a good stats resource. Although I found some potentially good materials, everything I found is probably too long. With a limited amount of time before the course, and other prep work to do in R and Python, who's going to read an entire textbook or watch tons of hours of videos? That being said, here's what I found, and perhaps there are chapters or sections we can pull out and recommend specifically:
Video-based courses that were recommended various places, but I haven't looked into them yet: I did like what you posted, Aaron, because it wasn't overly long and covered a good bit. And I did like Sinan's video. |
Khan Academy's videos are amazing! We reference them constantly in class and as additional sources to cover the statistics we talk about in class. |
What is a good intro stats resource to people to? It seems hard to find something that is accessible (both available online and in level of discourse) and covers a good swath of material for the course. The best I've found, I'm afraid, is this:
http://www.statsoft.com/Textbook/Elementary-Statistics-Concepts
http://www.statsoft.com/Textbook/Basic-Statistics
Pros: Very friendly writing, more or less concept-oriented, no formulas.
Cons: No formulas, doesn't seem to care about variance as a foundational concept, trying to sell their silly product.
I also haven't read all the words on those two pages; there may be more going on there. Thoughts? Other ideas?
@podopie @datadave @arahuja @justmarkham @sinanuozdemir any suggestions appreciated!
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