Section 1.1 — Introduction to data - No Bullshit Guide to Statistics

This notebook contains all the code from Section 1.1 Introduction to data of the No Bullshit Guide to Statistics.

Definitions¶

Study design and randomization¶

Random selection¶

import random
population = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
sample = random.sample(population, 3)
sample

[6, 8, 2]

Random assignment¶

def flip_coin():
    r = random.random()
    if r < 0.5:
        print("intervention")
    else:
        print("control")

flip_coin()

control

Discussion¶