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Probability in Data

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

19 Lessons144 Exercises

Estimating Probabilities

Simulating Outcomes

The Past And The Future

Changing Fortunes

Mutually Exclusive Events

Combining Probabilities

Conditional Probability

Total Probability

Updating Predictions

Dependence and Independence

Building Models

Tuning Models

Influence Probabilities

Simulation I

Updating the Influence Probabilities

Spreading False News

Twitter Bots

Using Tweet Features

A Simple Classifier

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Course description

Answer real data questions using probability and simulation.


Topics covered

  • Estimating Probability
  • Rule of Sum
  • Rule of Product
  • Conditional Probability
  • Bayes' Rule
  • Dependence and Independence
  • Cumulative Probabilities
  • Probability Estimates
  • Updating Probabilities
  • Probability Simulation

Prerequisites and next steps

Use probability to represent and interpret data and events effectively. Decide how to work with dependent and independent events, apply Bayes' Rule to update probability estimates, and run simulations to better estimate outcomes.


Prerequisites

  • Mathematical Thinking