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Introduction
The Mean
The Median
The Mode
Weighted Mean
Excel Formulas
The Range
The Standard Deviation
The Variance
The Coefficient of Variation
Frequency Distributions
Cumulative Frequency Distribution
Percentiles, Quartiles and Five Number Summaries
Histograms, Boxplots and Ogives
Shapes of Distributions
Counting Rules
Basic Probability Rules (AND, OR, GIVEN)
An Applied Example Walk-Through
Contingency Tables
Calculating Probabilities Using Contingency Tables
Mutually Exclusive and Independent Events
Expected Values
Binomial Properties & Calculating the Probability of 'X' Successes
An Introduction to Excel's BINOM.DIST()
Binomial Distributions - At Most
Binomial Distributions - More Than
Binomial Distributions - At Least
The Mean and Standard Deviation of Binomial Distributions
Distribution Properties and Probabilities of Exactly 'X' Events
Adjusting the Time Frame (Changing Lambda)
Calculating At Least, At Most and More Than 'X' Events
The Mean and Standard Deviation of Poisson Distributions
Calculating Probabilities Between Values
Calculating Probabilities Above/Below Values
Solving for X
Using the Exponential Distribution Formulas
Using Excel's EXPON.DIST Function
The Empirical Rule, Outliers and Excel's NORM.DIST()
Excel's NORM.INV Function
An Applied Example
An Introduction to Sampling
Sample Versus Population Metrics
Two Ways to Estimate Population Means
The Central Limit Theorem and Sampling Distributions
A Sampling Distribution Example
An Introduction to Confidence Intervals
Confidence Intervals for σ Known
The Flaw of Averages
Confidence Intervals when is σ Unknown
Applied Example where σ is Unknown
Means vs Proportions
Examples of True Proportion (p) Estimation
Confidence Intervals for Proportions
An Intro to Hypothesis Testing & Error Types
Steps to Perform a Hypothesis Test
Hypothesis Testing for One Mean
Hypothesis Testing for One Proportion
Steps for Differences in Proportions Testing
Testing for Differences Examples
Matched-Pair Differences Example
Pooled and UnPooled Variance Tests
Steps for Chi-Squared Test of Independence
Chi-Squared Test Example
In this section, we will learn to calculate several measures of central location:
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