Answer real data questions using probability and simulation.

Estimate probabilities with incomplete information

Understanding Probability

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Estimating Probabilities

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Simulating Outcomes

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The Past And The Future

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Changing Fortunes

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Mutually Exclusive Events

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Level Review

Combine probabilities to predict more complex scenarios

Update probability estimates with new information

Computing Probabilities

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Combining Probabilities

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Conditional Probability

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Total Probability

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Updating Predictions

Distinguish between independent and dependent probability events

Build prediction models with simplifying assumptions

Assumptions and Models

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Dependence and Independence

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Building Models

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Tuning Models

Apply probability to a network of twitter users

Model the spread of tweets through congress

Case Study

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Influence Probabilities

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Simulation I

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Updating the Influence Probabilities

Apply Bayes' theorem to a real-world data set

Estimate credibility to slow the spread of false tweets

Case Study Part 2

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Spreading False News

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Twitter Bots

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Using Tweet Features

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A Simple Classifier

Build a foundation in probability to better understand the likelihood of events.

Detect and predict groups in your data to understand differences and make predictions.

Probability in Data

Level 1Understanding Probability

Level 2Computing Probabilities

Level 3Assumptions and Models

Level 4Case Study

Level 5Case Study Part 2

Clustering & Classification

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