What you should know before watching this course

- So, you decided to dive in to a statistics course. Are you ready for it? I think you are. While this course will explore statistical concepts, numbers, charts, and probabilities, we won't be doing any significant mathematical gymnastics. If you know your math basics, adding and subtracting, multiplying and dividing, square roots, if you're comfortable with basic fractions, if you can understand that when we're discussing probabilities, 0.05 is the same thing as 5%, 0.40 is the same thing as 40%, and that 100% is the same as 1.00, you'll be fine.

And even if some of those things make you a little bit uncomfortable, don't worry. Often we use pictures, charts, and tables to help illustrate the concept. Sometimes we attack problems in more than one way. And of course, through the power of the internet, you could always pause and rewind. So, whether your math muscles are strong, or you're just beginning to rediscover math concepts, I think the probability of success in discovery is quite high. Thanks for exploring Statistics Fundamentals and good luck.