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10+ years
Nina
Probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and regression can feel like a foreign language the first time through. Nina breaks these concepts down by connecting them to real datasets and research questions drawn from her biostatistics training at Columbia and NYU. Rated 5.0 by students, she's es...
Columbia University
Masters in biostatistics
Northwestern University
Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences (focus in neurobiology)
Columbia University in the City of New York
Current Grad Student, Biostatistics

Certified Tutor
6+ years
Ingrid
Between her biostatistics background and hands-on research experience in Northwestern's John Rogers Lab, Ingrid knows statistics as both a classroom subject and a practical tool. She walks students through concepts like hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and probability distributions by conne...
Northwestern University
Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering
Certified Tutor
9+ years
Sam
A PhD statistician who also holds a biomedical engineering degree, Sam teaches introductory and intermediate statistics with an unusual amount of real-world context. Whether the topic is hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, or regression, he unpacks the logic behind each method so students can ...
University of Iowa
PHD, Statistics
Northwestern University
Bachelors, Biomedical Engineering
Certified Tutor
9+ years
Studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Penn means Kevin encounters statistics not as an abstract math course but as a tool for answering real questions — polling reliability, economic trends, policy evaluation. He unpacks topics like probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and regres...
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor in Arts
Certified Tutor
10+ years
Kathy
Kathy's economics degree from Duke meant living inside datasets — regression analysis, probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and statistical inference were daily tools, not abstract concepts. She breaks down problems by connecting the math to what the numbers actually represent, which makes...
Sotheby's Institute of Art
Masters, Modern and Contemporary Asian Art
Duke University
Bachelors
Certified Tutor
9+ years
Brian
Understanding when to use a t-test versus a z-test, or why a sampling distribution behaves the way it does, requires more than formula sheets — it takes genuine statistical intuition. Brian built that intuition through his economics coursework at Caltech, where statistical analysis was a daily tool,...
University of California-Santa Cruz
PHD, Technology & Information Mgmt (Indef. deferred)
California Institute of Technology
Bachelors in Economics and Computer Science
Certified Tutor
9+ years
Rachel
Engineering at Dartmouth meant Rachel lived in data — running experiments, interpreting distributions, and making decisions based on probability and hypothesis testing. She brings that practical fluency to statistics tutoring, connecting concepts like standard deviation and confidence intervals to r...
Dartmouth College
Bachelor of Engineering
Certified Tutor
9+ years
Dennis
Designing and optimizing light filters for optical multiplexers at Norfolk State required Dennis to apply statistical methods to real engineering data — fitting distributions, quantifying uncertainty, and interpreting experimental results. He teaches statistics with that practitioner's perspective, ...
Princeton University
Bachelor of Science
Certified Tutor
Richard
A year as a course assistant in Harvard's math department gave Richard a front-row seat to where students get tripped up — and in statistics, it's almost always the jump from computing a value to interpreting what it means. He teaches concepts like variability, correlation, and probability by connec...
Harvard University
Bachelor in Arts, Government
Certified Tutor
Most students walk into statistics expecting another math class and get blindsided by the emphasis on interpretation — explaining what a confidence interval actually means, or why correlation isn't causation. Amber tackles that interpretive layer head-on, teaching students to read context before cru...
Dartmouth College
Bachelor in Arts
Certified Tutor
Maggie
An economics degree means Maggie didn't just study statistics in a textbook — she applied distributions, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis to real datasets. She teaches students to interpret what a p-value actually tells them and how to choose the right test for a given scenario, building ...
Yale University
Bachelor in Arts, Economics/ Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Certified Tutor
14+ years
Caroline
Probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis are central to both engineering and business — and Caroline has graduate-level training in both. Her mechanical engineering M.S. from WashU built her statistical modeling skills, while her current MBA at MIT Sloan sharpens how sh...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Masters in Business Administration, Business Administration and Management
Washington University in St. Louis
Undergraduate degree
Certified Tutor
Allen
Probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and confidence intervals all require a kind of careful reasoning about uncertainty that Allen sharpened through his economics coursework at Yale. He teaches statistics as a way of making arguments with data — interpreting p-values, choosing the right te...
Yale University
B.A. in an interdisciplinary major focused on economics and political science
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Kaylah
Kaylah's graduate work in Computational Social Science at the University of Chicago is built almost entirely on statistical methods — probability distributions, hypothesis testing, regression modeling, and data interpretation. She teaches statistics the way she actually uses it: starting with what q...
University of Chicago
Master of Science, Computational Science
Certified Tutor
9+ years
Sami
Probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis all clicked for Sami during his economics work at Duke, where statistical reasoning was baked into nearly every course. Now pursuing an MBA at Yale, he still uses these tools daily and teaches students to interpret data with genu...
Duke University
Bachelor of Science (Economics and Computer Science)
Yale School of Management
Current Undergrad Student, Business Administration and Management
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