Four units · Formative assessment

Can you explain the answer?

The goal of an assessment is to discover what you understand, not to reward lucky clicking. Each unit has a complete set of questions with immediate explanatory feedback after submission.

Current assessment status: These are first-pass formative unit examinations, not psychometrically validated high-stakes tests. No scores are transmitted or stored, and the site does not issue university grades or credit.
Unit 1

Thinking with and describing data

12 independently checkable multiple-choice questions with answer explanations and opportunities to revisit the lessons.

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Unit 2

Sampling, probability, and distributions

13 independently checkable multiple-choice questions with answer explanations and opportunities to revisit the lessons.

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Unit 3

Statistical estimation and inference

13 independently checkable multiple-choice questions with answer explanations and opportunities to revisit the lessons.

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Unit 4

Models, causal limits, and research practice

13 independently checkable multiple-choice questions with answer explanations and opportunities to revisit the lessons.

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What these tests cover

Unit 1 tests data, design, numerical description, and graphical ethics. Unit 2 covers sampling, probability, distributions, and base rates. Unit 3 asks you to interpret uncertainty, comparisons, statistical tests, power, and resampling. Unit 4 covers regression, ANOVA, logistic models, confounding, missingness, and reporting.

For open-ended research skills, the final project has a separate scoring rubric. No multiple-choice test can fully replace interpreting data in a defensible written analysis.

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