ameya-s / day02-descriptive-statistics

Pre-Read

1. Understanding Measures of Location
2. Understanding Measures of Spread
3. Understanding Random Variables
4. Special pre-reading material on basics of probability theory (read them in the provided order)
   1. A Basic Introduction
   2. A more rigorous treatment
   3. A quick summary for the impatient

Learning Objectives

1. Understand what Descriptive and Inferential Statistics are and the difference between them
2. Learn basics of Descriptive Statistics
3. Learn basics of probability theory
4. Learn about discrete and continuous random variables and distributions
5. Learn Central Limit Theorem and its importance

Hands-on Skills

1. Learn how to perform basic descriptive calculations
   • Location
   • Dispersion
2. Learn how to demonstrate the Central Limit Theorem

Slides

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Notebooks

Code Demonstration

Post Reads

1. A more mathematical treatment of probability theory for adventurous students
2. https://medium.com/@chelseaparlett/the-central-limit-theorem-clear-statistics-278b80fd6f9f
3. https://medium.com/@mtterribile/central-limit-theorem-at-work-a0de13df37dc
4. https://medium.com/@andrewadelson/using-monte-carlo-to-answer-a-blackjack-question-part-2-827260ddd2b8