Chapter 1: Introduction to Statistics Overview of Statistics and its applications in data science Basic statistical concepts: population, sample, variable, data types, and measures of central tendency and dispersion Sampling techniques and sampling distributions 1.1 Overview of statistics and its applications in data science Statistics is a branch of mathematics that deals with the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data. It is an important tool in data science, which involves the extraction of insights and knowledge from data using various techniques and algorithms. Statistics is used in various stages of the data science workflow, including data pre-processing, exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, model training and evaluation, and interpretation of results. It provides a framework for making sense of data, identifying patterns, relationships, and drawing conclusions based on evidence. Some of the...
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