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Statistics and Probability

Khan Academy's full free statistics course, from describing data to significance tests.

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About this course

A complete, self-paced statistics course with short videos and practice. It covers describing and comparing data, distributions, bivariate data, study design, probability, random variables, sampling distributions, confidence intervals and significance tests.

Best for: Anyone who needs statistics for data work or school.

What you will be able to do

  • Summarize and visualize data
  • Calculate probabilities
  • Build confidence intervals
  • Run and interpret significance tests

Syllabus and your progress

Tick modules off as you finish them on Khan Academy.

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Plan your pace

At 4 hours a week you would finish in about 15 weeks, using the course time estimate above.

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Before you start: Basic algebra

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Is Statistics and Probability really free?
Yes, the course material is free on Khan Academy. Khan Academy tracks mastery but does not issue certificates.
How long does Statistics and Probability take?
Plan for about 60 hrs in total (Editorial estimate; the provider does not publish a total.). It is interactive, so you can go faster or slower.
Do I need experience before Statistics and Probability?
It helps to have: Basic algebra.

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