The Zen of Data - Part I: Stats for Analytics
Description
You have data. You need insights. The bridge between "data" and actionable "insight" is often statistics.
But to a lot of us, stats are scary, foreboding monsters that remind us of a miserable 8am class sophomore year in college.
It's too bad, really, because learning stats in a vacuum - in a classroom without context - is like watching a sunset on TV. Nice, maybe, but not nearly as memorable or powerful as the real thing.
The real thing is in your data. It's hidden behind a set of deceptively simple concepts, tools and techniques.
So bring that data and let's explore The Zen of Data.
The Zen of Data is "stats for the dataphobic," also known as "stress free stats."
We operate on a few simple…
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You have data. You need insights. The bridge between "data" and actionable "insight" is often statistics.
But to a lot of us, stats are scary, foreboding monsters that remind us of a miserable 8am class sophomore year in college.
It's too bad, really, because learning stats in a vacuum - in a classroom without context - is like watching a sunset on TV. Nice, maybe, but not nearly as memorable or powerful as the real thing.
The real thing is in your data. It's hidden behind a set of deceptively simple concepts, tools and techniques.
So bring that data and let's explore The Zen of Data.
The Zen of Data is "stats for the dataphobic," also known as "stress free stats."
We operate on a few simple principles:
- You have data. And you have a spreadsheet. There's no need to grind out numbers.
- However, it's very important to understand the mathematical principles behind the way your data behaves. Or misbehaves, as the case may be.
- A gentle introduction to concepts + some practical tutorials in data operations (data functions in spreadsheets mainly, at this level) will take you a long way toward overcoming dataphobia.
That's what The Zen of Data is all about. You'll start with a gentle introduction to stats and data, then move right to practical, applied concepts around:
-Averages
-Variance
-Distribution
-Standard Deviation
-Correlation
-Covariance
-ANOVA
-Regression
-Data Location
-Data Modeling
-Data Visualization
Over 43 lectures and 6 hours of content!
Todd Wieland operates Canis Learning Systems in Tampa, FL where
he creates learning products and systems that help people leverage
knowledge and technology to create great careers and
businesses.
His projects focus on topics as diverse as marketing, analytics,
manufacturing math, game and app development, filmmaking and media,
automation and transportation technology.
The theme that ties all of Canis Learning Systems' and Todd's
projects together is opportunity: We live in an age of unbounded
possiblity, empowered and ennobled by the acquisition and
application of knowledge.
The promise of the future for generations to come is built on
specialization. Helping others gain and apply specialized
knowledge, sharing specialized applications and leveraging unique
niches is an economic and social trend with almost unlimited
potential.
Coming from a long line of entrepreneurs and small business
operators (he started working in his dad's neighborhood store at
age 11), he has an eclectic background in education, technology,
media and even runs a snow cone machine on the weekends.
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