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About the Course

Inferential statistics are concerned with making inferences based on relations found in the sample, to relations in the population. Inferential statistics help us decide, for example, whether the differences between groups that we see in our data are strong enough to provide support for our hypothesis that group differences exist in general, in the entire population. We will start by considering the basic principles of significance testing: the sampling and test statistic distribution, p-value, significance level, power and type I and type II errors. Then we will consider a large number of statistical tests and techniques that help us make inferences for different types of data and different types of research designs. For each individual statistical test we will consider how it works, for what data and design it is appropriate and how results should be interpreted. Normally you would also learn how to perform these tests using freely available software R. Due to technical issues we are not able to do so. We will try to offer this again soon. For those who are already familiar with statistical testing: We will look at z-tests for 1 and 2 proportions, McNemar's test for dependent proportions, t-tests for 1 mean (paired differences) and 2 means, the Chi-square test for independence, Fisher’s exact test, simple regression (linear and exponential) and multiple regression (linear and logistic), one way and factorial analysis of variance, and non-parametric tests (Wilcoxon, Kruskal-Wallis, sign test, signed-rank test, runs test)....

Top reviews

RW

Mar 28, 2016

A good introduction with very good videos and exercises. I'm only not giving 5 stars due to the relative lack of clarity in the final week and the lack of feedback on the final exam.

RJ

Jun 27, 2023

The quizzes and R lab were beneficial. The lectures were good. However, it left some questions unclear, and I, as a learner, wished for something more to be done.

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By Laurenz R

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Oct 22, 2017

Very good explanation of the given topics!

By Solomon A

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Oct 5, 2017

Great course. Very deep and practical.

By Muneera m

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Nov 8, 2021

please tel me how to enroll for free

By Kuldeep S C

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Nov 30, 2020

Very rigorous but rewarding course

By Nan H

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Jun 2, 2020

A very good course, I gained a lot!

By Benjamin H

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Jul 26, 2018

Wow! This course was challenging!

By Wang X

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Nov 2, 2020

I love this coursera very much.

By Tran T V

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Jun 6, 2018

I love it. Thank you very much!

By Joemert C E

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Jun 19, 2017

Challenging and great course..

By Edilson S

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May 9, 2016

Quite difficult but amazing!

By Bushra H

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Nov 4, 2022

Worth leaning this course

By Ayedh N

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Mar 31, 2016

Easy to understand.

By Rajeswari S N

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Aug 28, 2024

it is very tough

By Pundalik R N

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Jun 16, 2021

good knowledge

By Vrushabh K

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Jan 23, 2022

Good Learning

By Yaara G

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Jan 15, 2017

Great content

By Richard B L J

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Nov 28, 2022

Great course

By Victor C

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Mar 6, 2016

great course

By Barma N R

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Sep 19, 2020

very useful

By BOUTAINA W A

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Dec 11, 2025

Very good

By Alex F B H

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Dec 18, 2020

Very good

By Mr. A J N

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Sep 19, 2020

thank you

By Ananth P

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Sep 3, 2020

excellent

By Mahendra G S

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Sep 3, 2020

excellent