diff --git a/1-Introduction/04-stats-and-probability/README.md b/1-Introduction/04-stats-and-probability/README.md index 89de5407..2c753497 100644 --- a/1-Introduction/04-stats-and-probability/README.md +++ b/1-Introduction/04-stats-and-probability/README.md @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ In our baseball players dataset, there are different player roles, that can be s | Starting_Pitcher | 74.719457 | 205.163636 | 221 | | Third_Baseman | 73.044444 | 200.955556 | 45 | -We can notice that the mean heights of first basemen is higher that that of second basemen. Thus, we may be tempted to conclude that **first basemen are higher than second basemen**. +We can notice that the mean heights of first basemen is higher than that of second basemen. Thus, we may be tempted to conclude that **first basemen are higher than second basemen**. > This statement is called **a hypothesis**, because we do not know whether the fact is actually true or not. @@ -180,8 +180,6 @@ P-value: 9.137321189738925e-12 ``` In our case, p-value is very low, meaning that there is strong evidence supporting that first basemen are taller. -> 🚀 **Challenge**: Use the sample code in the notebook to test other hypothesis that: (1) First basemen and older that second basemen; (2) First basemen and taller than third basemen; (3) Shortstops are taller than second basemen - There are also different other types of hypothesis that we might want to test, for example: * To prove that a given sample follows some distribution. In our case we have assumed that heights are normally distributed, but that needs formal statistical verification. * To prove that a mean value of a sample corresponds to some predefined value @@ -235,6 +233,12 @@ In this section, we have learnt: While this is definitely not exhaustive list of topics that exist within probability and statistics, it should be enough to give you a good start into this course. +## 🚀 Challenge + +Use the sample code in the notebook to test other hypothesis that: +1. First basemen and older that second basemen +2. First basemen and taller than third basemen +3. Shortstops are taller than second basemen ## [Post-lecture quiz](https://red-water-0103e7a0f.azurestaticapps.net/quiz/7)