Free relevant well organised online courses: Statistics, Model Thinking and others
Posted on 24 October, 2012 – 9:05 AMProvided FREE by Coursera in cooperation with Princeton, Stanford and other Universities
- Statistics One by Andrew Conway
- Model Thinking by Scott E. Page
- Introduction to Sustainablity by Jonathan Tomkin
- Social Network Analysis by Lada Adamic
- and many others that may be of interest (200+)
Each opening page gives this information: about the Course, About the Instructor, The Course Sylabus, Introductory Video, Recommended Background, Suggested Readings, Course Format, FAQs,
Example class format: “Each week of class consists of multiple 8-15 minute long lecture videos, integrated weekly quizzes, readings, an optional assignment and a discussion. Most weeks will also have a peer reviewed assignment, and there will be the opportunity to participate in a community wiki-project. There will be a comprehensive exam at the end of the course.”
The contents of past courses remain accessible.
RD Comment: Highly Recomended! [ I am doing the stats course this week]
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2 Responses to “Free relevant well organised online courses: Statistics, Model Thinking and others”
Hi. I would like to join in this course. Please tell me the procedure. Regards
By Tamseela Ahmed on Oct 28, 2012
Follow the link to the Coursera website, select a course then and go from there. Its a very simple one click process (after you sign in), no big/long application process
By rick davies on Oct 30, 2012