Why is There So Much Stuff About Statistics on This Channel?

Concepts from statistics are important for the data analysis done by physics experiments designed to discover new laws of nature. Here, we briefly mention some of the most important statistics concepts that come up in experimental physics and explain why they pop up so frequently. These include: the Poisson distribution, the Gaussian distribution (otherwise known as the normal distribution), the binomial distribution, hypothesis testing, statistical significance, p-values, and Bayes' Theorem. Videos on these topics can be found on this channel. For more stats content, check out the videos with purple backgrounds!


Poisson Statistics Playlist:
   • Why the Poisson Distribution is Impor...  


Gaussian Statistics Playlist:
   • Why the Gaussian (or Normal) Distribu...  


Brief Introduction to Gaussian Errors:
   • Qualitative Description of the Random...  


Binomial Statistics Playlist:
   • Why the Binomial Distribution is Impo...  


Hypothesis Testing Playlist:
   • What's a P-value?  


Bayesian Playlist:
   • Introduction to Bayes' Theorem