The Zen of Data - Part I: Stats for Analytics

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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