IntroStats 1.1 - Introduction and Overview of Statistics

Course: Introductory Statistics Chapter 1: Part 1 We discuss the outline of the course for the semester, introduce the field of statistics (and how powerful it is), populations, samples, types of studies, random & simple random samples, and parameters versus statistics. We finish with a simple example. Lecture Notes (pdf): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EAZK... Textbook: Understanding Basic Statistics (7th Edition by Brase and Brase). *Note*: Some videos were created in Spring 2020 using the 7th Edition, while videos revised in the Fall of 2020 used the 8th edition. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Statistics 00:15 Lecture Overview 00:31 What is Statistics (boring) 00:52 What is Statistics (exciting) 01:52 Descriptive vs. Inferential Statistics 02:58 The Amazing Ability of Statistical Analysis (Inference) 04:09 The Various Types of Statistical Analyses 05:27 The strategy for the course: why and how it is organized 06:25 Course Outline 06:50 Vocabulary (Observational Studies vs. Experimental Designs) 07:57 Vocabulary: Key Terms 09:01 Vocabulary: Random and Simple Random Samples 10:16 Vocabulary: Parameters vs. Statistics 11:25 Example 13:15 Closing Slide