Description
Do you read education headlines and wonder if you’re getting the full picture? This course from Agora Education Research walks you through the essential statistics you need to understand federal education data — no math background required.
In about 4 weeks, you’ll learn how to conduct:
– Count, minimum, and maximum — the first numbers to check
– Mean vs. median — and why the difference matters enormously
– Standard deviation — is everyone similar, or is there huge variation?
– Standard error and confidence intervals — how much should you trust an estimate?
– Normal, right-skewed, and left-skewed distributions
– T-tests and statistical significance — and why significant doesn’t mean important
– Universe and population — who is actually in the dataset?
– Random vs. purposive vs. convenience sampling
– Survey weights — and why ignoring them distorts the picture
Whether you’re a journalist covering education, a policymaker reviewing research, a teacher advocate, or a student new to education data, this video gives you the vocabulary to read federal data with confidence.
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