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Home Blog Dec 14: Statistics in Practice

Dec 14: Statistics in Practice

Statistics in Practice

In this week’s Briefing, we take a look at different strands of “purity” in AI. Our course spotlight is

Jan 15 – Feb 12: Introduction to Data Literacy

It’s for you or anyone you know who needs to get more numerate!

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– Peter Bruce
Founder of The Institute for Statistics Education at Statistics.com

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From Kaggle to Cancel: The Culture of AI

In today’s blog, we examine different “purity movements” among AI researchers and practitioners, from the “Kaggle Cult” to “Cancel Culture.” The latter is perhaps a bit overstated (for alliterative purposes) but it reflects […]


Puzzle of the Week

School and the Pandemic 

This week we offer a puzzle to which I have no answer.  McKinsey recently came out with a study of how a shift to remote learning has affected test scores of students in elementary school. The impact of school closures has been large and negative and has had the effect of […]


Course Spotlight

Jan 15 – Feb 12: Introduction to Data Literacy

Are you occasionally behind the curve when it comes to working with Excel?  Or… do you work with anyone who could use a better grounding in Excel and wrangling spreadsheet data?

Get yourself or your colleagues up to speed with Introduction to Data Literacy! Learn how to 

  • Collect, store and analyze data in Excel
  • Depict basic displays of data in Excel
  • Understand and apply rates and ratios
  • Produce and analyze summary statistics
  • Identify and correct common problems with data and data visualization
  • Perform basic data cleaning

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Certificate Spotlight

Biostatistics

This online certificate program in biostatistics and epidemiology provides the skills needed to gather, analyze, and assess data for activities like clinical trials, medical research, and public health studies. This ten course program – including seven required courses and three electives – covers the critical statistical concepts used in medical and health sciences.

This certificate offers a path to college credit – via the American Council on Education – to other institutions in the U.S. It offers approximately 28 credits in this way; compare to a Master’s degree program in biostatistics.

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