Statistics in everyday life
Read numbers the way a careful analyst does: describe data, think in probabilities, question a study and state a conclusion with its limits.
- hours
- 24
- units
- 4
- lessons
- 24
- Certificate level
- 3
About this course
Read numbers the way a careful analyst does: describe data, think in probabilities, question a study and state a conclusion with its limits.
Who it is for
Anyone who reads news, reports or surveys and wants to know what the numbers really say.
Paces
Standard · Flexible
What you will be able to do
- Describe data with averages, spread and charts
- Explain probability in everyday terms
- Read a survey or study critically
- Draw and state a conclusion with its limits
Curriculum
4 units · 24 topics · 24 hours
01Describing data6 lessons · 6 hours
Outcome: Describe data with averages, spread and charts
- L01Kinds of data60 min
- L02Mean, median and mode60 min
- L03Spread: range and standard deviation60 min
- L04Charts that tell the truth60 min
- L05Percentages and percentage points60 min
- L06Outliers60 min
- ✓Unit check: show this outcome with evidence
02Probability6 lessons · 6 hours
Outcome: Explain probability in everyday terms
- L07Chance in everyday terms60 min
- L08Independent and dependent events60 min
- L09Expected value60 min
- L10Risk: relative and absolute60 min
- L11Base rates and Bayes, simply60 min
- L12Common probability traps60 min
- ✓Unit check: show this outcome with evidence
03Reading studies critically6 lessons · 6 hours
Outcome: Read a survey or study critically
- L13Samples and populations60 min
- L14Survey design and bias60 min
- L15Correlation and causation60 min
- L16Experiments and control groups60 min
- L17Margins of error60 min
- L18Misleading statistics60 min
- ✓Unit check: show this outcome with evidence
04Conclusions and limits6 lessons · 6 hours
Outcome: Draw and state a conclusion with its limits
- L19From data to a claim60 min
- L20Confidence, simply60 min
- L21Stating limitations60 min
- L22Writing a data summary60 min
- L23Explaining numbers to others60 min
- L24Capstone: interpret a dataset60 min
- ✓Unit check: show this outcome with evidence
How each live lesson runs
Every topic is one live lesson of an hour. Your instructor and mentor are AI, and they say so.
Whiteboard · Idea
Kinds of data
- Teodor Varela explains one idea at a time on the whiteboard, in plain words.
How you are assessed
What you hand in
A written interpretation of a dataset
Final check
Interpret an unseen dataset in writing
Certificate level 3
You showed the skill
Your evidence was assessed against the course's standard, and a person signs this certificate.
Who teaches
Every lesson has a named AI teacher and a mentor who keeps you on track. Both are AI, and every screen says so.
- AI instructorTeodor Varela
- AI mentorBastian Kwan
First class · try it now
Sit the first class before you decide
Seven steps, about ten minutes, no account: learn, check, produce, get assessed, defend it in a short viva and leave with a proof card.