ABOUT COURSE
Faculty:
Dr. Andrew Thangaraj,
Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Madras
Course instructors:
Prashant Sharma (MSc Statistics, University of Delhi)
Prerna Gupta (MSc Statistics, University of Delhi)
Swathy S Sajeev (MSc Statistics, University of Delhi)
WHAT IS STATISTICS?
A statistic (singular) or sample statistic is any quantity computed from values in a sample which is considered for a statistical purpose. Statistical purposes include estimating a population parameter, describing a sample, or evaluating a hypothesis. The average (or mean) of sample values is a statistic.