Statistical Calculators
Rossman/Chance Applets
Reese's Pieces (Sampling Distribution of a Proportion)
Theory Based Inference (Use this to construct Confidence Intervals and to conduct Hypothesis Tests)
Module 1
HW 1: Assigned Problems
Notes:
Introduction to Data (Chapter 1)
Numerical Distributions (Sections 2.1, 2.2)
Summaries for Symmetric Distributions (Section 3.1)
Summaries for Skewed Distributions (Sections 3.3, 3.4, 3.5)
References
Observational Studies and Causation
Experiments and the Population
Gender Bias in Instructor Ratings
Athletics and Academic Performance
Example: SLO Rainfall Data
Investopedia Standard Deviation
Quality Digest: How Quartiles are Calculated Differently
Miscellaneous Scatterplots
Example: Salary Data
Investopedia: Correlation
Module 2
Notes:
Buzz and Doris (Section 5.1)
Introduction to Probability (Sections 5.1 and 5.4)
Addition Rule (Section 5.2)
Probability Distributions (Section 6.1)
Two Way Tables and "AND" statements (Sections 1.3, 5.2)
Conditional Probability (Section 5.3)
Chi Square Test for Association (Sections 10.1 and 10.3)
Chi Square Test for Goodness of Fit (Section 10.2)
References and Tools
Mutually Exclusive: Life Examples
Drug Tests: False Postive and False Negatives
Coffee Consumption and Mortality - Example of Simpson's Paradox
Module 3
Review for Test 3
Notes
Empirical Rule and z-scores (Section 3.2)
The Normal Distribution (Section 6.2)
Surveys (Section 7.1)
Sampling Distributions (Section 7.2)
The Central Limit Theorem (Section 7.3)
Hypothesis Test for a Proportion (Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3)
Type I and Type II Errors (Section 8.3)
Confidence Intervals (Section 7.4)
Hypothesis Test for Two Population Proportions (Section 8.4)
References and Tools
Normal Curve Demonstration Graphs
Infant z-score CalculatorHappiest Place on Earth
Is SLO the "Happiest City in America"?
The Pitfalls of Statistical Significance
Khan Academy: Practice with Forming Hypotheses
Journal of Industrial Psychology: Summary of Hypothesis Testing
One-Tailed vs. Two-Tailed (voices from the real world)
Second article and Cognitive Bias
Survey Monkey: Writing Good Survey Questions
Margin of Error Examples
Margin of Error and Political Polls
Nutrition: When Nutrition Labels Lie
Lab Tests: Too Much Information
SurveyMonkey, Margin of Error, Sample Size
Gallup Poll: Green Energy
Module 4
Review for Test 4
Notes
The Sampling Distribution of the Mean and CLT (Sections 9.1, 9.2)
Rossman/Chance Sampling Distributions
Confidence Intervals for the Mean (Section 9.3)
Hypothesis Test for One Mean (Section 9.4)
Inference for Two Means (Section 9.5)
ANOVA (Sections 11.2, 11.3)
References
P-values and zero or "How to get dissed by your professional colleagues and peers"
NSRM: Statistics and Natural Resources/Farming
Killer Nurse: Statistics and the Law
Sampling Distribution of the Mean - Applet
Statistical vs Practical Significance:
Five Guidelines for Using P-values in Research
Managing Pain in Children
Module 5
HW 5: Assigned Problems
Review for Test 4
Module 6