Curriculum

15 Topics
Welcome!
1.1 The Monty Hall Problem
1.2 Decision Making Under Uncertainty
1.3 Uncertainty in the News
1.4 Simplicity vs. Complexity - The Need for Models
1.5 Safe to Assume? Beware When Model Assumptions Go Wrong!
1.6 Roadmap of the Course
Week One Summary and Key Takeaways
1.1 The Monty Hall Problem
1.2 Decision Making Under Uncertainty
1.3 Uncertainty in the News
1.4 Simplicity vs. Complexity - The Need for Models
1.5 Safe to Assume? Beware When Model Assumptions Go Wrong!
1.6 Roadmap of the Course
Week One Quiz

14 Topics
2.1 Probability Principles
2.2 Simple Probability Distributions
2.3 Expectation of Random Variables
2.4 Bayesian Updating
2.5 Parameters
2.6 The Distribution Zoo
Week Two Summary and Key Takeaways
2.1 Probability Principles
2.2 Simple Probability Distributions
2.3 Expectation of Random Variables
2.4 Bayesian Updating
2.5 Parameters
2.6 The Distribution Zoo
Week Two Quiz

16 Topics
3.1 Classify Your Variables!
3.2 Data Visualisation
3.3 Descriptive Statistics - Measures of Central Tendency
3.4 Descriptive Statistics - Measures of Spread
3.5 The Normal Distribution
3.6 Variance of Random Variables
Week Three Summary and Key Takeaways
3.1 Classify Your Variables!
3.2 Data Visualisation
3.3 Descriptive Statistics - Measures of Central Tendency
3.4 Descriptive Statistics - Measures of Spread
3.5 The Normal Distribution
3.6 Variance of Random Variables
Week Three Quiz
Assignment One: Descriptive Statisticss

14 Topics
4.1 Introduction to Sampling
4.2 Random Sampling
4.3 Further Random Sampling
4.4 Sampling Distributions
4.5 Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean
4.6 Confidence Intervals
Week Four Summary and Key Takeaways
4.1 Introduction to Sampling
4.2 Random Sampling
4.3 Further Random Sampling
4.4 Sampling Distributions
4.5 Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean
4.6 Confidence Intervals
Week Four Quiz

15 Topics
5.1 Statistical Juries
5.2 Type I and Type II errors
5.3 P-values Effect Size and Sample Size Influences
5.4 Testing a Population Mean Claim
5.5 The Central Limit Theorem
5.6 Proportions: Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Testing
Week Five Summary and Key Takeaways
5.1Statistical Juries
5.2 Type I and Type II errors
5.3 P-values Effect Size and Sample Size Influences
5.4 Testing a Population Mean Claim
5.5 The Central Limit Theorem
5.6 Proportions: Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Testing
Week Five Quiz
Assignment Two: Hypothesis Testing

13 Topics
6.1 Decision Tree Analysis
6.2 Risk
6.3 Linear Regression
6.4 Linear Programming
6.5 Monte Carlo Simulation
6.6 Overview of the Course and Next Steps
6.1 Decision Tree Analysis
6.2 Risk
6.3 Linear regression
6.4 Linear Programming
6.5 Monte Carlo Simulation
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Week Six Quiz

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