Quantification (science)

Statactivism

The French movement of statactivism advocates for the mobilization of statistics in support to social movements and agendas. (Wikipedia).

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Machine Learning Fundamentals: Bias and Variance

Bias and Variance are two fundamental concepts for Machine Learning, and their intuition is just a little different from what you might have learned in your statistics class. Here I go through two examples that make these concepts super easy to understand. For a complete index of all the

From playlist StatQuest

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What is a (mathematical) model?

"Model" is a vague term that means different things in different contexts. Here I clear it all up in the context of statistics! For a complete index of all the StatQuest videos, check out: https://statquest.org/video-index/ If you'd like to support StatQuest, please consider... Buying T

From playlist StatQuest

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A Gentle Introduction to Machine Learning

Machine Learning is one of those things that is chock full of hype and confusion terminology. In this StatQuest, we cut through all of that to get at the most basic ideas that make a foundation for the whole thing. These ideas are simple and easy to understand. After watching this StatQues

From playlist StatQuest

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p-values: What they are and how to interpret them

This StatQuest is all about interpreting p-values. You've seen them online or in publications, or heard about them, whispered in dark, rave filled dance clubs, but you've never understood what they were all about. This 'Quest is here to explain everything you wanted to know about how to in

From playlist StatQuest

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StatQuest: Logistic Regression

Logistic regression is a traditional statistics technique that is also very popular as a machine learning tool. In this StatQuest, I go over the main ideas so that you can understand what it is and how it is used. For a complete index of all the StatQuest videos, check out: https://statq

From playlist StatQuest

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Statistic vs Parameter & Population vs Sample

This stats video tutorial explains the difference between a statistic and a parameter. It also discusses the difference between the population and sample. It includes examples such as the sample mean, population mean, sample standard deviation, population standard deviation, sample propo

From playlist Statistics

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StatQuest: The Trailer!

Hello, and welcome to StatQuest! StatQuest is about learning how to visualize and "see" how statistics work without getting too bogged down in the equations. Once you can get an image in your head of how statistics work, the equations make sense and come easy.

From playlist StatQuest

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Covariance, Clearly Explained!!!

Covariance is one of those statistical terms that you might have heard before but didn't quite understand. It sounds fancy, but it's really quite simple and it is a computational stepping stone to many other interesting concepts like correlation. This video describes covariance, what it do

From playlist StatQuest

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Expected Values, Main Ideas!!!

Expected values are part of the foundation of statistics and the reason why casinos don't go out of business all the time. Here, we walk through two examples that explain the concepts behind Expected Values and its fancy looking notation. BAM! For a complete index of all the StatQuest vid

From playlist Statistics Fundamentals

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Mean, Median, and Mode

This video explains how to determine mean, median and mode. It also provided examples. http://mathispower4u.yolasite.com/

From playlist Statistics: Describing Data

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