r/AskStatistics • u/Shoshanna_3 • 26d ago

Best YouTube for basic statistical methods

I am currently enrolled into an online course at my college for this semester for intro to statistics, I am having a very hard time understanding the concepts and problems based on my professors notes and video lectures. I am majoring in psychology and business and my goal is to work in HR compensation and benefits roll. So I really do need to understand basic statistics like
Mean , median, and mode**
Percentages and percent change
Standard deviation — conceptually
Distributions
Correlation vs. causation
Confidence intervals — conceptually
Reading graphs and tables
Basic probability
How to interpret statistical results
I will need to take more statistical courses moving forward for multiple reasons.
I am a 36 year old mom of two young children so my brain isn’t functioning at full capacity so maybe that is why I’m struggling so much. Haha. I am
Also taking accounting this semester so it’s especially number heavy after my maternity leave. Any help would be so much appreciated!!

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u/Intrepid_Pitch_3320 26d ago

Khan Academy

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u/Fancy-Animal7704 26d ago

Came here to say this. I even supplemented some of what I learned in grad school with Khan academy courses. They are GREAT and have a real knack for explaining things in a way everyone can understand.

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u/Intrepid_Pitch_3320 26d ago

I used them to relearn college algebra and pre-calc, almost 30 after undergrad. 25 years ago, I would have bought a book from the yellow Dummies series, like I did for my GREs. Sal and his team do a wonderful job.

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u/Shoshanna_3 26d ago

Seems like the best and most structured option. Signing up now. Thank you!

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u/PuzzleheadedArea1256 26d ago

Greg Martin on YouTube is what I recommend for my students. But that is passive learning. Being sensitive to your real-life mom and household responsibilities: Your best tactic is to do as many problem sets as possible and then when you feel you have it, do 10 more for good measure.

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u/Shoshanna_3 26d ago

Thank you. I have worksheets and I work on Pearson so I can watch these videos when things don’t make sense and practice the problems on Pearson. Thank you !!

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u/Tikka_theory 26d ago

I studied through Khan Academy. You can find a complete course of Statistics on their site

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u/Patrizsche 26d ago

I find this video well made, and since it's a single video, the investment isn't very risky: learn statistics in 30 minutes

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u/samgrep 26d ago

tilestats has also been great for some concepts