Learning Data Science, Day 4 – Introduction to Statistics

Oh, W3Schools, we're in for it now. We're doing Statistics, a course I should've taken at university but didn't because everyone said Symbolic Logic was easier, and I just needed a math credit since I didn't get a good enough grade on my AP Calculus test. And, after all, you don't really need Statistics when you decide that instead of finishing up that Anthropology degree, you're going to switch to Religious Traditions of the West, because then you don't have to take that mandatory Linguistics course at 9am or skip out on Magic and Religion in the Ancient World for some random Anthro seminar. Okay, yeah, I was pretty much a slacker while I was at university. I'm not gonna lie. But now my middle-aged ass is paying the price. And now... Statistics. Descriptive StatisticsSo if Statistics is the science of analysing data (as W3Schools says), then Descriptive Statistics summarises the details of the data set, including: Count Sum Standard Deviation Percentile Average It also says "Etc.",…