12 Best Statistical Inference Courses on Coursera
We compared 12 Statistical Inference courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $9.99 to $99.00. 8 come from a named university or institution, including University of Colorado Boulder, Duke University and University of Michigan. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 12
- Price range
- $9.99 – $99.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 12 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "statistical inference" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $9.99 to $99.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Data Science Foundations: Statistical Inference
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
This program is designed to provide the learner with a solid foundation in probability theory to prepare for the broader study of statistics. It will also introduce the learner to the fundamentals of statistics and stati...
$79.00listed price -
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Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing in Data Science Applications
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
This course will focus on theory and implementation of hypothesis testing, especially as it relates to applications in data science. Students will learn to use hypothesis tests to make informed decisions from data. Speci...
$99.00listed price -
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Statistical Inference & Predictive Modeling Foundations
Offered by Coursera
This program prepares data analysts and aspiring data scientists to apply statistical inference and predictive modelling tools to solve business problems. You'll learn to identify and mitigate cognitive biases with struc...
$49.00listed price -
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Data Analysis with R
Offered by Duke University
In this Specialization, you will learn to analyze and visualize data in R and create reproducible data analysis reports, demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the unified nature of statistical inference, perform freq...
$49.00listed price -
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Logistic Regression and Prediction for Health Data
Offered by University of Michigan
This course introduces learners to the analysis of binary/dichotomous outcomes. Learners will become familiar with fundamental tests for two-group comparisons and statistical inference plus prediction more broadly using...
$49.00listed price -
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Business Applications of Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Interval Estimation
Offered by Rice University
Confidence intervals and Hypothesis tests are very important tools in the Business Statistics toolbox. A mastery over these topics will help enhance your business decision making and allow you to understand and measure t...
$79.00listed price -
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Data Science: Statistics and Machine Learning
Offered by Johns Hopkins University
Build models, make inferences, and deliver interactive data products. This specialization continues and develops on the material from the Data Science: Foundations using R specialization. It covers statistical inference,...
$49.00listed price -
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Population Health: Responsible Data Analysis
Offered by Leiden University
In most areas of health, data is being used to make important decisions. As a health population manager, you will have the opportunity to use data to answer interesting questions. In this course, we will discuss data ana...
$49.00listed price -
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Statistical Methods
Offered by University of Leeds
Build your statistics and probability expertise with this short course from the University of Leeds. The first week introduces you to statistics as the art and science of learning from data. Through multiple real-life ex...
$49.00listed price -
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Applied Mathematics in Bioengineering
Offered by Northeastern University
Covers and emphasizes practical applications of linear algebra, statistics, complex analysis, and signal processing in bioengineering. Students develop fluency with matrix decompositions, statistical inference and curve...
$49.00listed price -
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Using probability distributions for real world problems in R
Offered by Coursera
By the end of this project, you will learn how to apply probability distributions to solve real world problems in R, a free, open-source program that you can download. You will learn how to answer real world problems usi...
$9.99listed price -
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Analyze Business Data Using Statistics Foundations
Offered by EDUCBA
By completing this course, learners will be able to analyze business data using statistical methods, apply probability models to real-world scenarios, perform hypothesis testing, interpret statistical distributions, and...
$49.00listed price
Best Statistical Inference Courses on Coursera compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 12 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $99.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $89.01. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 8 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Colorado Boulder, Duke University and University of Michigan — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
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