Module · Beginner
Correlation
What r measures, what it does not, and when it lies.
- 1 lesson
- 14 min
- 2 simulations
Free module
Data Analytics: Statistics & Data Visualization· Statistics
Regression for Analysts
Reading coefficients, controlling for confounders, and checking whether a regression can be trusted.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Lessons
- 3
- Total time
- 49 min
- Simulations
- 4
Included in Data Analytics: Statistics & Data Visualization · $9
Tools you'll use
Python
pandas
NumPy
Skills
- Linear regression
- Confounders
- Residual diagnostics
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What you will be able to do
- Interpret multiple regression coefficients
- Read a residual plot
Before you start
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- correlation
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Syllabus
3 lessons · 49 minEvery lesson's title and summary is public. The lessons themselves open once you own the track.
Every lesson in Data Analytics: Statistics & Data VisualizationSimple Linear Regression
16 minSlope, intercept and R² — and what R² does not tell you.
Included with the track SimulationMultiple Regression and Confounders
17 minWhy a coefficient changes when another variable is added — and when that change fixes the answer, and when it breaks it.
Included with the track SimulationRegression Diagnostics
16 minResiduals, heteroscedasticity and overly influential points — four checks that decide whether that tidy coefficient table can be trusted.
Included with the track Simulation
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