A list of fun Statistics resources

Tania
3 min readMar 24, 2021

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I curated a list of Data Science or Statistics resources — articles, blogs, online classes, online games… Whether you’re a rising Data Analyst or Scientist, an undergraduate or you just need a refresher, I am sure you will find something useful. Prepare your bookmarks!

Data Science

Public Algorithm Archive — A list of Data Science articles

This list is curated by The Algorithm, MIT Technology Review’s weekly AI newsletter that examines the field’s latest news and research. It contains all the issues and links to those. Here are examples of subjects you can find:

Statistics

Data Science Central — One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

A blog regrouping opinion pamphlets, informational articles about Tech topics (Data Science, AI, ML…), and Business topics (Digital Workspace, AI marketing…). Don’t be discouraged by the rather primitive UX of the website — the articles and writing style of the bloggers are rather concise and clear. One series of blog posts is particularly interesting: “in One Picture”. The goal is to convey information about a statistical or data science concept in a concise manner through a diagram. Below, Machine Learning with Applications in One Picture, but you can also find Best Languages for Data Science and Statistics in One Picture, Math vs. Statistics in One Picture.

Machine Learning with Applications in One Picture, Capri Granville via Data Science Central

Statistics How To — Statistics for the Rest of Us

This website is ideal for those who need a refresher, or who want to understand elementary statistical concepts. It covers more than 1,000 articles and hundreds of videos for basic statistics, probability and advanced statistics topics. The website is very well-structured and it’s very easy to find the lesson/chapter you are looking for.

Guess the Correlation —When Mario meets Statistics

In this game, you will develop an intuition for statistical correlations. Basically, for each round, you are shown a scatter plot for which you have to guess the R-squared value (the correlation), the more accurately the better. Go as far as you can before you lose your three lives. You can even play with a friend!

See if you can beat my high score (34!)

Thank you for reading me! Stay tuned, here is a sneak peek into my upcoming articles:

  • Understanding AI through online games
  • Do you really “know” anything? — The problem with ultracrepidarianism, and what we can do about it

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