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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Probability - The Science of Uncertainty and Data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MITx Online

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Build foundational knowledge of data science with this introduction to probabilistic models, including random processes and the basic elements of statistical inference -- Part of the MITx MicroMasters program in Statistics and Data Science.

Syllabus

  • The basic structure and elements of probabilistic models
  • Random variables, their distributions, means, and variances
  • Probabilistic calculations
  • Inference methods
  • Laws of large numbers and their applications
  • Random processes

Taught by

Karene Chu, John Tsitsiklis, Patrick Jaillet, and Dimitri Bertsekas

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