Joshua (Josh) Starmer is the creator of StatQuest, a YouTube channel and teaching project that explains statistics and machine learning with visual, jargon-light lessons. He began StatQuest while working with genetics researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill to make statistical methods understandable without opaque equations, and it grew into a widely used free education resource.12
At a glance
- Current role
- Creator
- Company
- StatQuest
- Fields
- Education, Language models
- Sources cited
- 2
- Profile reviewed
Accomplishments
StatQuest
StatQuest.org describes Starmer's approach: strip terminology, teach with pictures, and demystify stats for biologists and ML practitioners. The YouTube channel StatQuest with Josh Starmer hosts playlists on statistics, ML, and related topics used widely in classrooms and self-study.12
Timeline
- Started StatQuest for UNC genetics colleagues.1
Where they work
- StatQuest 2 people in the wiki
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2 sources · profile reviewed Oct 24, 2026 · data updated Oct 24, 2026