Module 01c
Probability
How to reason about a quantity you cannot pin down: distributions, what to expect and how far it spreads, how two uncertain quantities relate, and what happens when you add many of them together. The foundation underneath statistics, estimation and information theory alike.
7 topics ~31 h estimated learning time
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- 01c.1 Probability foundations and Bayes
Foundation · 5 h
- 01c.2 Random variables and distributions
Foundation · 6 h
- 01c.3 Expectation, variance and moments
Foundation · 4 h
- 01c.4 Joint, marginal and conditional distributions
Core · 4 h
- 01c.5 Law of large numbers and the CLT
Core · 3 h
- 01c.6 Maximum likelihood and MAP
Core · 5 h
- 01c.7 Information theory essentials
Core · 4 h