Local linear smoothing models of freeway-lane congestion, from Lecture 15. (Image by Dr. Peter J. Kempthorne.)
Instructor(s)
Dr. Peter Kempthorne
MIT Course Number
18.650 / (formerly 18.443)
As Taught In
Spring 2015
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course is a broad treatment of statistics, concentrating on specific statistical techniques used in science and industry. Topics include: hypothesis testing and estimation, confidence intervals, chi-square tests, nonparametric statistics, analysis of variance, regression, correlation, decision theory, and Bayesian statistics.
Other Versions
Other OCW Versions
OCW has published multiple versions of this subject. 
- 18.650 Statistics for Applications (Fall 2016)
- 18.650 Statistics for Applications (formerly 18.443) (Fall 2006)
- 18.650 Statistics for Applications (formerly 18.443) (Fall 2003)
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