Basic Statistics - L.I.F.E. talk
Syllabus list of topics
https://sites.google.com/site/kirbyvariety/basic-statistics-syllabus
"How to Lie with Statistics" by Darrel Huff (1954)
Probability, gambling and the meaning of statistics
How many are like that?
What is the chance I will find one of those?
Measures of central tendency and of variation
Commonly, the mean (average) and standard deviation
Look at Z scores, a.k.a. standard scores, and look for outliers of 2 or more
Stochastic processes (number of customers per hour)
Process control and Deming
Using a computer: Microsoft's Excel and other spreadsheets, such as Google Sheets and Open Office
Contingency tables - frequencies and probabilities
Samples and populations
Correlation
Analysis of variance
Non-parametrics and distributiions, such as the bell-shaped ("normal") curve
Galton boards
Big data, "Everything is Obvious Once You Know the Answer", "Everybody Lies", "Uncharted" by Aiden and Michel, "Moneyball" and "The Undoing Project"
Additional topics: Bayesian statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence