Case Studies in Statistical Thinking Data Camp

Overview

Context

Mastery requires practice. Having completed Statistical Thinking I and II, you developed your probabilistic mindset and the hacker stats skills to extract actionable insights from your data. Your foundation is in place, and now it is time practice your craft.

In this Case Studies in Statistical Thinking course offered by Data Camp, you will apply your statistical thinking skills, exploratory data analysis, parameter estimation, and hypothesis testing, to two new real data sets. 

First, you will explore data from the 2013 and 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships, where you will quantify the relative speeds and variability among swimmers. You will then perform a statistical analysis to assess the "current controversy" of the 2013 Worlds in which swimmers claimed that a slight current in the pool was affecting result. 

Second, you will study the frequency and magnitudes of earthquakes around the world. 

Finally, you will analyze the changes in seismicity in the US state of Oklahoma after the practice of high pressure waste water injection at oil extraction sites became commonplace in the last decade.