Maths foundations
Probability
Random variables, conditioning, expectation and the common distributions.
About 40 hours of study.
Where to learn it
Read
Introduction to Probability, 2nd edition
Joe Blitzstein, Jessica Hwang
Chapters 1–7
The textbook that goes with Stat 110, free from the authors.
The free online edition from the authors.
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Watch
Statistics 110, Probability (Harvard)
Joe Blitzstein
Lecture videos and the strategic practice sets
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Practise
Brainstellar
Brainstellar
The easy and medium puzzles
Probability and logic puzzles from quant interviews.
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Other options
- Mathematics for Computer Science (MIT 6.042J) (read)
Part IV: Probability - 6.042J problem sets (Fall 2010) (practise)
Problem sets 10–12
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Which roles ask for it
- Data analyst in the first year
- Quantitative researcher / analyst to get hired
- Quant developer to get hired
- Risk analyst to get hired
- Statistician / biostatistician to get hired
- Product analyst in the first year
- GATE computer science to get hired
- Data scientist to get hired
- GATE data science and AI to get hired
- GATE statistics to get hired
- IIT JAM mathematical statistics to get hired
Before and after
Probability