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Resources for Statistics Help
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Introduction & Vocabulary
You can use these resources to help with a general introduction to statistics and to improve your understanding of statistical terms and symbols.
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Stattrek: An excellent resource for all levels of statistics
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Statistics Glossary: A glossary of statistical terminology administered by Professor John McColl and Professor Adrian Bowman (University of Glasgow), developed in 2012.
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Stats Medic: Designed for teachers, but students can get many useful tips and resources here as well
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Internet Glossary of Statistical Terms: This is a visual and interactive glossary of terms assembled by Professor Howard S. Hoffman
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Flash Cards: Sample vocabulary in electronic flash card format
Articles regarding Statistics
Variety of statistical articles to clarify and provide context to concepts covered in class.
Common Misconceptions
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INTRICACIES OF STATISTICAL INFERENCE, Thompson et al. (2007)
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Truth, Damn truth, and statistics (2008) by Velleman
Review & Practice of Concepts and Skills
Graphical Displays for Data
Qualitative Data (Categorical)
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Bar Charts
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Pie Charts
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Frequency Tables
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2-Way Tables
Quantitative Data (Numerical)
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Dot Plots
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Box Plots
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Stem Plots (Stem & Leaf Plots)
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Histograms
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Herstagrams
Summarizing Distributions
You can CUSS with your SOCS
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Shape
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Outliers (Unusuals)
Data Sites & Interesting Statistics
Here are some links to sites with data sets and interesting statistics:
Data Sites:
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U.S. Government Open Data: http://www.data.gov/
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US Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/data.html
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U.S. Health data: https://www.healthdata.gov/
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Facts & Data for U.S. States: http://www.statsamerica.org/profiles/sip_index.html
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NOAA (formerly National Climatic Data Center): http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
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The CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
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Sports...
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FiveThirtyEight by Nate Silver
Interesting Stats:
Sample Chapter Reviews
These are on-line resources that highlight various topics not necessarily in the same order or detail as we presented in class.
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Overview of Nine Chapter Topics: Sample PPT of nine chapters from the textbook The Practice of Statistics, Second Edition by Dan Yates, David S. Moore and Daren S. Starnes