STATS97 - Internet Resources

Internet Resources for Teaching Statistics at STATS97 Workshop

Links to be visited during the Internet Resources session are given below. Additional resources in each category can be found by following the MORE links. Many of these were adapted from an on-line IASC paper.

DATASET ARCHIVES (MORE)

Journal of Statistics Education Data Archive Datasets contributed by statistics teachers. Raw data are in a .dat file with explanations a .doc file. Many of these datasets are tied to longer JSE articles discussing their use in statistics classes. Example: Look for Rossman's televisions.dat , televisions.doc, and article on life expectancy and numbers of televisions in various countries.
DASL The Dataset and Story Library - a collection of datasets and related documentation (stories) which may be searched by data subjects or by statistical techniques.

PAGES WITH LINKS TO DATA (MORE)

Datasurfing - A page for getting students started on finding data on the Web.
Dr. B's Wide World of Web Data. - An extensive collection of data sources maintained by John Behrens (Dr. B) at Arizona State.
Examples - Some web sources chosen by students for project data.
Sports Data Page - Links to current and archived data related to various sports.

ON-LINE COURSE MATERIALS (MORE)

Beth Chance's Math 37 - Probability and Statistics at the University of the Pacific.
Allan Rossman's Workshop Statistics at Dickinson College.
Benjamin Collins' Math 210 - Elementary Statistics at Midland Luthern College.

BROWSER APPLICATIONS (MORE)

Note: JAVA applets require a JAVA capable browser.

Correlation Guess - Match correlations with four scatterplots (Illinois-Urbana-Champaign) - CGI
Correlation Guess - JAVA version of above.
Histogram - check the effect of bin size on Old Faithful data (Webster West - S. Carolina).- JAVA
Regression - see the effects of adding an outlier (Webster West - S. Carolina). - JAVA

ON-LINE TEXTS (MORE)

SurfStat being developed at the University of Newcastle.

ON-LINE JOURNALS, NEWSLETTERS, DISCUSSION LISTS (MORE)

Journal of Statistics Education (JSE) publishes refereed articles, datasets, reviews, and tips related to all aspects of teaching statistics at the postsecondary level. JSE has been available electronically since its founding in 1993.

GENERAL LINKS (MORE)

Statistical Education Section of the American Statistical Association (ASA).
Chance Database - materials to support a course based on examples from current media.
Links to Statistical Software Vendors - maintained by Stata Corportation.
List of Undergraduate Textbooks - maintained by Ann Cannon at Cornell College.
Links to Statistics Textbook Publishers - maintained by Robin Lock at St. Lawrence Univ.