Statistics for Non-Mathematicians
offered by Oxford University

Public University
1 Campus
Estd. 1096

Statistics for Non-Mathematicians
at
Oxford University
Overview

Be able to linearise data and to use regression techniques on data provided

Duration	2 months
Total fee	₹19,400
Mode of learning	Online
Course Level	UG Certificate

Statistics for Non-Mathematicians
at
Oxford University
Highlights

Earn a certificate of completion from Oxford university

Statistics for Non-Mathematicians
at
Oxford University
Course details

Skills you will learn

Regression Statistics Hypothesis Testing Software Testing Data Science

What are the course deliverables?

To introduce measures of central tendency
To discuss the theory of probability
To introduce regression and correlation
To introduce correlation and regression
To introduce probability theory
To discuss the theory of sampling

More about this course

An introduction to the theory of statistics to Social Scientists. The method of Ordinary Least Squares will be discussed as will the notion of correlation
The theory of probability will be developed including: conditional probability and mutually exclusive events
Discrete and continuous probability distributions will also be investigated and applied to real world problems
Inferential statistics will also be introduced calculating 95 and 99% confidence intervals and performing hypothesis tests

Statistics for Non-Mathematicians
at
Oxford University
Curriculum

Week 0

An Introduction to Teams -Course orientation

Week 1

Variables and graphs

Week 2

Frequency distributions and measures of central tendency

Week 3

The standard deviation and measures of dispersion

Week 4

The method of Ordinary Least Squares, correlation coefficients

Week 5

Elementary probability theory, the normal distribution and confidence intervals

Week 6

The binomial, normal and Poisson distributions

Week 7

Sampling theory and the central limit theorem

Week 8

Statistical estimation theory and hypothesis testing

Week 9

The chi squared distribution

Week 10

Contingency tables and the F-distribution

Statistics for Non-Mathematicians
at
Oxford University
Faculty details

Dr Vasos Pavlika

Dr Vasos Pavlika is Associate Professor (Education) at University College London, he also teaches Mathematics at the LSE (University of London), as well as Online at: SOAS, University of London (Mathematical Economics), Goldsmiths College (Computing and Data Science), University of London and the Open University (Applied Mathematics).

Statistics for Non-Mathematicians
at
Oxford University
Entry Requirements

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Prerequisite: Be familiar with elementary statistics e.g. mean, median, mode and range/spread

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Yes
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