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Data Analysis for Social Scientists

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States14.310x
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2023English
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This course introduces methods for harnessing data to answer questions of cultural, social, economic, and policy interest. We will start with essential notions of probability and statistics. We will proceed to cover techniques in modern data analysis: regression and econometrics, design of experiments, randomized control trials (and A/B testing), machine learning, and data visualization. We will illustrate these concepts with applications drawn from real-world examples and frontier research.

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