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5

This course is indeed for beginners, the instructor has led us through some of the key concepts in statistics and explained quite well. For example, I once had trouble understanding the meaning of the Bayesian formula, but I got it after watching the video. There is almost no difficult math (no calculus nor linear algebra) and all is explained in plain and intuitive language. Having said that, I hope the modules can be extended to ~1 hour, as the instructor sometimes made "jumps" and I had to stop the video to think about it and take notes. Also, I think it will be better to introduce more topics like the Maximum Likelihood, and more details about the common distributions (which I used statistics textbooks to help me understand). Another problem is the translation. At first, I tried the Chinese subtitle but it turned out that many statistical terms were not translated correctly. Same problem with the quiz. I have to switch to the English version later on.

of the medical industry is insightful even though his interventions are really short.

Why four stars and not five. Three main reasons. The course is really short and in my opinion, sometimes lack of explanations and details. I really had to re watch a video three or four times from time to time to be sure I understood the concepts even though not difficult I wanted to be sure I understood. Besides, he test can be retaken as many times as you desire which can sometimes create the incentive to answer randomly. Finally the course is not include in the coursera plus package that I own.

A good introductory course covering many of the essential concepts in statistics. I think the course could have benefited from a bit more perspective on how various topics fit together, e.g. summarizing data, probability and statistical inference and in one or two places the order seemed somewhat contrived. Professor Walther, while not the most exciting personality, was obviously brilliant on the subject and did an admirable job of making it accessible to mere mortals like myself.

The material presented is of good quality, though occasionally requires hearing a few times to comprehend. My biggest critique, and reason for withholding a star, is the lack of practice questions to help reinforce the material. There is a quiz at the end of each section, but it's essentially just a topic review and many are only concept questions. True learning, in my opinion, requires both instruction AND application of information.

Thescourse focus on developing statistical thinking skills without being heavy calculation oriented. It explains main statistical data analysis principles for beginners clearly. However, the instructor should improve the presentation because it is not engaging and includes too much text. It could also include more mathematical terms and calculation examples using mathematical notations.

The course was extremely helpful and covered exactly what it was meant to. Most of the topics were covered in an in-depth manner and are not difficult to understand. It is important to mention that some of these topics might require individual work and research on top of what is taught in order to fully grasp the concepts. All in all, it is a great start to understanding statistics.

I believe this is an over all good introduction to statistics. I do not feel confident in everything that was taught, but I would be able to at least recognize the topics. Some of the links in the homework don't work and overall I found the homework scenarios to be confusing at times. I think the instructor was very knowledgable and I appreciate the access to his course.

It is a great course to get the basic knowledge of statistics. if you are someone who is starting their career in analytics and don't have any knowledge of statistics this course can help you start your journery.

The certificate is a bit expensive though and I believe the price could be lower.

Overall good and well-explained, but towards the end some parts are too complicated to understand. It would be great if it was more beginner friendly! I had to watch the videos twice to understand most of the contents, but I still couldn't really follow the last three weeks.

Statistics are a bit too boring for me. Some definitions are difficult to understand, what's more, there are many formulas, which makes it easy for beginners to mix them up. Although the professor tries to make everything clear, the knowledge points are difficult to digest.

Good intro-refresher into what stats and probability terms mean and what they are used for especially in a more data driven society. Occasionaly needed to go over material 2 or 3 times to understand points being made. overall appreciated the course.

Offers a broad survey of main statistical concepts for those wanting just an overview. Does not go in depth or provide any rigorous foundation. The lack of depth makes it difficult to apply the covered techniques without using other sources.

Es muy interesante, aunque algunos conceptos no se explican lo suficientemente bien como para que alguien que no sepa estadística lo entienda. Algunas lecciones requerirán investigación fuera del curso para poder ser comprendidas claramente.

Confidence intervals and hypothesis thesis was very well explained, however, the course is fast paced and some of the videos lack thorough explanation. I am a master computer science student and couldn't understand all the details (but most)

A very good instance to learn the basics of Statistics. It feels a little rushed, since you only have a few questions at the end of each module and sometimes you might need some more practice before assesing them.

Good intro and recap, sometimes more precise explanation of the statistical terms would be beneficial. This was for me always the biggest problem in understanding statistics: the vocabulary and it's precise usage.

Foi ótimo rever algumas coisas básicas da área. A apresentação é boa e a maioria das coisas é bem explicada. No entanto, senti falta de aplicar isso computacionalmente em softwares como R e Python durante o curso.

Liked the first half of the course. I think the later topics could have been explained in more detail. Found the lectures montonous sometimes. I had studied some statisitcs before, so this was a good revision.

thanks for helping me learn more about statistics. At first I thought statistics were just simple calculations, but in practice they turned out to be quite complicated and required us to think hard and smart.

Course maintains a good quality throughout modules, very interesting topics are covered. However, for practice questions and revision I needed to look elsewhere to ensure I got high on the quizzes and exams.

As someone who has not taken a college course or math in 15 years, this was not too difficult to follow. I was taking it to understand concepts and not necessarily produce calculations. This fit the bill.

Gives a great overview of every important topic in statistics. However, lots of things aren't explained thoroughly. I had to use other websites to gain a sufficient understanding of lots of material.

Dont think this course really suits beginners for statistics. Rather, it's challenging and the concepts sometimes are even confusing. Anyway I think I did learned something during the course.