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Signal and Noise: An Introduction to Statistics

  • All levels
  • 21 and older
  • $315
  • 247 West 37th St, New York, NY
  • 12 hours over 4 sessions

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  • $315
  • The Workmen's Circle @ 247 West 37th St 5th Fl, New York, NY 10018
  • 12 hours over 4 sessions
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What you'll learn in this lecture class:

How do numbers relate to the world? What insights can we derive from data? How do we separate signal from noise? This course is an introduction to statistical thinking and its applications to data analysis at a level accessible to a broad audience with no prior statistical background. 

We’ll learn and make intuitive the fundamental methods and concepts of data quantification: linear regression, logistic regression, probability distribution, hypothesis testing; statistical significance; and correlation vs. causation. 

We’ll examine, too, the role of data in the world—its omnipresence and utility for science, business, technology, and public policy. In what sense are we data-driven? Why do predictive models work and yet sometimes, unexpectedly, err? In what ways can statistical techniques be used, intentionally or not, to wildly mislead and convincingly support falsehoods and biases? In this course, we’ll not only learn fundamental statistical methods, but also examine the limitations of data, its predictive capacities, and its uses and abuses.

Note:

There *is* no physical Brooklyn Institute. We hold our classes all over (thus far) Brooklyn and Manhattan, in alternative spaces ranging from the back rooms of bars to bookstores to spaces in cultural centers, including the Center for Jewish History, the Goethe-Institut, and the Barnard Center for Research on Women. We can (and do) turn any space into a classroom. You will be notified of the exact location when you register for a class. 

Instructors will contact students approximately one week prior to the first class with reading assignments and details about the course location

Refund Policy

  • Upon request, we will refund less 5% cancellation fee of a course up until 6 business days before its start date.
  • Students who withdraw after that point but before the first class are entitled to 75% refund or full course credit.
  • After the first class: 50% refund or 75% course credit.
  • No refunds or credits will be given after the second class.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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  • Signal and Noise: An Introduction to Statistics

    Reviewed by Sergio C. on 6/27/2018
    Excellent class. Excellent instructor. Raphaële breathed life into stats. Very fun class!
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