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100 Statistics Interview Questions and SHORT Answers for Data Scientist and Data Analyst Roles

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13 min readNov 14, 2023

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Here’s the list with short answers for each question:

I. Probability and Descriptive Statistics:

1. What is the difference between probability and statistics?

  • Probability deals with predicting future events, while statistics involves analyzing past events.

2. Explain the concept of conditional probability.

  • Conditional probability is the probability of an event occurring given that another event has already occurred.

3. Define random variables and probability distributions.

  • Random variables represent outcomes of a random phenomenon, and probability distributions describe how probabilities are assigned to these outcomes.

4. What is the Central Limit Theorem, and why is it important?

  • The Central Limit Theorem states that the distribution of the sample mean approaches a normal distribution as the sample size increases, enabling robust statistical inference.

5. Describe the…

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