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Statistics -General textbooks, ebooks, hypertext books,
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Basic Principles of
Statistical Analysis 3/5 Student |
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Exploratory
Factor Analysis: A Book Manuscript by Ledyard 2/5
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HyperStat Statistics Textbook -
A well-designed and well-constructed "hyper-text-book".
Contents 5/5 : Student
- Introduction
- Describing Univariate Data
- Describing Bivariate Data
- Introduction to Probability
- Normal Distribution
- Sampling Distributions
- Point Estimation
- Confidence Intervals
- The Logic of Hypothesis Testing
- Testing Hypotheses with Standard Errors
- Power
- Introduction to Between-Subjects ANOVA
- Factorial Between-Subjects ANOVA
- Within-Subjects ANOVA
- Prediction
- Chi Square
- Distribution-Free Tests
- Measuring Effect Size
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Introduction to Probability - By Grinstead and
Snell (a complete book, in Adobe Acrobat and Postscript format. 3/5 Student |
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Introductory Statistics:
Concepts, Models, and Applications, and Multivariate
Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications - By David W.
Stockburger (Southwest Missouri State University). In-depth coverage, with extensive use
of web technology (animated graphics, interactive calculating pages). 4/5 |
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Meta-Analysis Pages
- An Introduction; - Detailed Description
- How-to Guide. 4/5 |
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SPSS for Windows
- Instructions for using SPSS 3/5
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Stat Refresher Tutorial
3/5 Student
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Statistics at
Square One - An excellent online textbook. Contents 5/5 :
- Data display and summary
- Mean and standard deviation
- Populations and samples
- Statements of probability and confidence intervals
- Differences between means: type I and type II errors and
power
- Differences between percentages and paired alternatives
- The t tests
- The chi-squared tests
- Exact probability test
- Rank score tests
- Correlation and regression
- Survival analysis
- Study design and choosing a statistical test
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Statistics Every Writer Should Know
- Good introduction to statistical concepts, presented in a clear
and non-intimidating way. Topics include: mean, median, percent changes, per capita and
rates, standard deviation and normal distribution, margin of error, confidence intervals
and sample sizes. Site includes a set of frequently asked questions, and a Statistics
Bulletin board -- Post your question about statistics, or help someone else by posting an
answer to his or her problem. Also links to its sister site: Finding Data on the Internet
4/5 Student |
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StatSoft Electronic
Textbook - To search the Electronic Statistics Textbook for
terms and general statistical concepts: 4/5 |
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Statistics
of Performance Measurement - For parents of children with
special educational needs, but also worthwhile for anyone who wants a good introductory
presentation of basic statistical concepts. 3/5 |
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The Knowledge Base --
An Online Research Methods Textbook - By William M.K. Trochim
(Cornell University). An online textbook for an introductory course in research
methods. 3/5 Student |
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Related to Specific Software Packages: |
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All About SPSS - From the home of
SPSS. Good introduction to functions and features. Include a Free demonstration download
facility. 5/5 |
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Data Analysis with Epi
Info - Online textbook by Bud Gerstman. Describes
analyses for continuous or binary outcomes; single group, paired samples, or two or more
independent groups; one or more continuous predictors; stratified tables (with confounding
and interaction); and much more. 3/5 |
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Electronic
Statistics Textbook - (StatSoft) - Very extensive
and well-organized (can also be downloaded for quicker access from your hard drive) 3/5 |
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Excel for
Professionals - Free downloadable book (in MS Word
format) by Vijay Gupta, who also has a number of Other books of interest. Describes using Excel for data manipulation,
statistics, constrained optimization. Especially useful for those who need to conduct
statistical analysis, optimization problems, use add-ins and work with source data form
enterprise-wide data bases. 3/5 |
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Instat Guide to Choosing and
Interpreting Statistical Tests - From Graphpad. 3/5 |
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SPSS for Beginners
- Downloadable book (in MS Word format) by Vijay Gupta,
who also has a number of Other books
of interest. An excellent source for learning all procedures in SPSS. The chapters are
organized in a manner that conforms to the requirements of the typical statistical
project. Everything is taught in a step-by-step manner using screen shots, simple English
explanations (a minimization of statistical jargon) and pithy interpretations of results.
About half of the book is downloadable for free. 4/5 Student |
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Textbook on Evaluation,
Statistics, and Measurement - Developed by Bill
Miller of Iowa State U, in conjunction with his OpenStat statistical
package. The software and textbook are both available for download from his web
site. 4/5 |
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Compendium of over 50 Probability Distribution Functions - Giving the formula, expressions for the mean, SD, percentiles, higher moments,
random variable generation procedures (if available), and insight into where that type of
distribution function arises. In Adobe PDF format. 3/5 |
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Glossary
- From HyperStat online textbook 3/5
Student |
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Glossary of Statistical
Terms used in Evidence-Based Medicine 3/5 |
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Glossary of
over 30 statistical terms - Explanations vary from short
definitions to extensive explanations, with graphics and hyperlinks 3/5 Student |
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Internet
Glossary of Statistical Terms 4/5
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Numerical Recipes - The Art of Scientific Computing - Classic works by W.H. Press et al. -- a truly monumental collection of
mathematical and statistical algorithms. The complete books are available free, in
Postscript and Adobe Acrobat downloadable format, in three versions: C, Fortran 77, and
Fortran 90 (parallel computing). 4/5 |
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SPSS MR Technical Support Site - Need
technical support in using SPSS? Then this is the site.
4/5 |
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Statistics
Glossary - From the Lancaster University Center for
Applied Statistics 3/5 Student |
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Statistics
Glossary - A good site for students. Easy to follow concepts 4/5 Student |
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The Internet
Glossary of Statistical Terms - Glossary Home Page Persons unfamiliar with
statistical analysis may find the entries easier to grasp if they are examined in the
order list contained here. 3/5 StudentGlossary
Home Page Persons unfamiliar with statistical analysis may find the entries easier to
grasp if they are examined in the order list contained here. 3/5
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| Online
Journals: |
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Journal of Statistics Education
- A refereed electronic journal on postsecondary
teaching of statistics 3/5 |
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Journal of Statistical
Software - Electronic, peer-reviewed, free
journal. 3/5 |
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Journal of Official Statistics - Published
by the national statistical office of Sweden. Publishes articles on statistical
methodology and theory, with an emphasis on applications. Free access to full-text
articles in PDF format.InterStat (Statistics on the Internet) - Online journal where one can
publish or read about any aspect of statistical research or innovative method. Abstracts
of articles are available for viewing; from there, you can read or download the article
(or any comments written about it), in Portable Document Format (. pdf) or Postscript
(.ps) format. 4/5 |
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