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18.05 Introduction to Probability and Statistics

MIT OpenCourseWare

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An MIT OpenCourseWare introductory course on probability and statistics, covering probability foundations, random variables, and statistical inference. The linked page is the Spring 2005 syllabus.

Commenters point to it as an MIT course with a useful readings section for learning probability and statistics, and one describes the full course as a complete package with video lectures, recitations, assignments, and quizzes.

Mathematicsintermediatefreemixed#probability#statistics#statistical inference#hypothesis testing#mit ocw

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What commenters said (3)

  1. Recommendskhrist2013in “Ask HN: What are some top-shelf statistics textbooks?”

    I suggest taking a look at readings section of top statistics courses. one from mit ocw is http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-05-introduction-to...

    edx, coursera, udacity also offer many targeted statistics courses, you can check what book they reccommend.

    also Royal statistical society London reccomennds a reading list for its examinationsome of which are classics

    I read Probablity & statistics by walpole and myers in my bachelors and it was also a wonderful book.

  2. Mentionssebastianavina2014in “Statistical Inference for Everyone”

    The best book I've found about statistical inference is this one: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/188652923X/ref=nosim/... it comes with the bonus that you can take the full course (video lectures, recitations, assignments and quizes) on mit: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-comput...

  3. Mentionssnikolov2011in “Ask HN: Quarter-life crisis”

    I would actually suggest another set of MIT courses that I think are more relevant:

    Linear Algebra http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra-...

    Probability and Statistics http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-comput...

    and finally

    Machine Learning http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.867/

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