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General

The History of Statistics
Material from the University of York.


Statistics FAQ
Answered by Rich Ulrich, biostatistician at the University of Pittsburgh.


Multilevel Models Project home page


Statistics Glossary
From the Centre for Applied Statistics at Lancaster University.


The Virtual Statistical Assistant
The VSA employs a decision tree technique designed to help determine which statistical techniques are most appropriate for a given research design. One of the University of Kansas's Virtual Communication Assistants.


STATS (STeve's Attempt to Teach Statistics)
A modest title for a useful site featuring 'Ask Professor Mean' which answers many statistics questions in an approachable format.


Steps for Developing a Statistical Model
From the site above. Professor Mean describes the steps in typical descriptive data, linear regression, and logistic regression models, and typical Poisson regression analysis.


Why Medical Students Should Understand Statistics
A PowerPoint presentation by Mike Campbell of ScHARR.


Decision Analysis Society



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Online Textbooks


Surfstat
An online text in introductory Statistics from Australia.


Statsoft's Electronic Statistics Textbook
Can be downloaded to local hard drive.


HyperStat Online
An introductory-level hypertext statistics book.


Introductory Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications
Online textbook with exercises,   by David W. Stockburger of Southwest Missouri State University.


CyberStats: An Introduction to Statistics
A course delivered entirely on the World Wide Web. Consists of a complete learner's and a complete instructor's component. There is a charge for joining the course.


SMART
'Explorapedia' of Statistical and Mathematical Techniques for use in Research and Technology.


Concepts and Applications of Inferential Statistics
A free, full-length, and occasionally interactive statistics textbook on the web.


Gene Glass's Elementary Statistics Course
A basic guide to statistical methods that makes excellent use of other online resources such as animated demonstrations and interactive calculators. From Arizona State University.


Statnotes
A fairly comprehensive online textbook by G. David Garson of North Carolina State University.



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Tutorials


WISE On-line Statistics Tutorials
The Web Interface for Statistics Education from Claremont University.


TexaSoft's WINKS Statistics Tutorials
These online tutorials briefly explain the use and interpretation of standard statistical analysis techniques. Examples are given using the WINKS program


Statistical Data Analysis
SPSS based tutorial.


Why Use Statistics?
by Allan Palmer at The University of Queensland


Virtual Laboratories in Probability and Statistics
Provides interactive, web-based modules for students and teachers of probability and statistics.


CAST
Computer-Assisted Statistics Teaching. It is a complete course in introductory statistics. Interaction with diagrams on most pages animations, simulations and other dynamic displays are extensively used. 


Multimedia Resources for Statistics Students
Including a data gallery, computing and graphing studios that allow the computation of statistics and plotting of graphics remotely of the internet. From Arizona State University.


Stat Refresher
Despite the title a fairly in depth interactive course which gives a comprehensive view of Probability and Statistics.


STEPS
STatistical Education through Problem Solving. Downloadable problem-based modules to support the teaching of Statistics.



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Articles


Statistics at Square One
The BMJ's online text.


Statistics for the non-statistician. I: Different types of data need different statistical tests and Statistics for the non-statistician. II: "Significant" relations and their pitfalls
by Trisha Greenhalgh in the BMJ.


Teaching Statistics
The Introductory Statistics Course: The Entity-Property-Relationship Approach.


Tools & Demonstrations


Resources for Statistical Support
Powerpoint Presentation by Mark Mullee Director, Research & Development Support Unit University of Southampton


SISA
Simple Interactive Statistical Analysis. This site allows you to do statistical analysis directly on the Internet using interactive pages. Tools for working on statistics, distributions, and calculations


Simulations and Demonstrations
A range of Java appelets demonstrating various statistical concepts. From the Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics.


Animated Statistics Demonstrations
This site also includes a set of interactive worksheets.


Multimedia Statistics
Illustrates some statistical concepts using QuickTime movies and java applets


Statistics to use
Descriptions of various tests illustrated with some online calculation tools.


Case Studies
from the Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics.


The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
from the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Includes an index of famous curves which can be altered interactively.


Which Test?
Provides an online guide for Clinical Psychologists to choosing the most appropriate statistical test using a simple, step-by-step process. From the Salomons Centre for Applied Social and Psychological Development and the Learning and Teaching Support Network.



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