Statistics for Science

Paul Andersen introduces science for the science classroom. He starts with a brief description of Big Data and why it is important that we prepare future scientists to deal intelligently with large amounts of data. He explains the difference between the population and the sample set. He briefly addresses the concepts of sample size, mean, media, range and degrees of freedom.

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Artist: CosmicD
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[jayapradavithanage]

Mr. Anderson you have the talent of teaching. Very clear and nice flow. Everything tends to be comprehended at once.

[roseknows]

Thank you, Mr. Andersen, for once again helping me with another topic in college. I can't believe how difficult textbooks make the explanations of degrees of freedom, while you explained in in 3 seconds flat. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[failissue]

5:35 all the important stuff was here, at least for my note packet.

[Bozemanscience]

It improves the precision of standard deviation and will become very important as we start to compare data sets using tests like chi-squared.

[TheMcginty]

I almost cried, because finally i know that i am not stupid, you clear most of the questions i had flying in my head with all this language and terminology of statistics language that i needed to understand, i just found your video and i, 'll watch all of them

[danielbishop]

Fast becoming my 'go-too-guy' for all my interests in science!  Keep it up, loads of us are loving it!

[professormoodle]

Good work again Paul. Your videos always help to de-mystify complex phenomenon.

[StephanieJayne]

Excellent, love the way you explained this. Thanks. Especially degrees of freedom.
An ANOVA video would be wonderful

[azgrapefruit]

Brilliant….much better explanation than the stats teacher gave in grad school….thank you!

[maddienuts]

His video (including some other) helped me pass the CLEP Biology, Thanks

[consciousplanet]

Thank you for this video! Your videos are clear and to the point, easier to understand than most University lectures. Please could you do a video confirming the degrees of freedom/ locating the correct critical value for all statistics tests (both 1 tailed and 2 tailed testing)? Thanks again! :)

[nayrbsworld]

this man is amazing. i learn a lot fro his videos. thanks sir

[markornido]

Great explanation and video of course!

[carolinagondra]

Great video!! Thanks for the explanation! 

[jzhu]

best explanation of degree of freedom ever!

[Victoria-xemd]

Hii this is awesome! I'm taking Biology and I'm so confuseeee with all the date. Thank you so much for doing this.

[kellyfox]

Do you have any videos on finding the P value and T value? Also, do you have any other videos to find the degree of freedom?

[javeda]

Good videos. But please expand the statistics section more

[SAM]

Another brilliant and educating video. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[snakesandsticks]

When I'm looking to see if there is significant difference between two groups, I can use a chi-square, or a (1 or 2 tailed) t-test. I understand how to do them, but I'm not sure which to use depending on the circumstances. Any tips?

BTW- I'm a graduate student in biology, and teach undergrad labs. Your videos are really help me prep for when I teach my students. Thanks!