Professor Lesser's Resource Page for Statistics Students
examples from the
MEDIA: |
Data Sets database(click on "data subjects" to find one you like); InfoPlease; more; statistics.com |
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Stats CALCULATORS: #1 , #2, #3, #4, www.statcrunch.com SPREADSHEET Basics (also: office.microsoft.com and baycongroup and usd) |
online textbook (includes PRACTICE EXERCISES with answers, etc.) |
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"Against All Odds" VIDEOS on PBS & at many libraries; |
SIMULATIONS:
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GOV'T Stats: Labor, Commerce, Health, Education, Census, FEDSTATS |
more
"points of departure" resources for Statistics Educators....
CHANCE database -- quantitative
literacy materials for an intro prob/stat course
Statistical Literacy
Statistics
in the Curriculum -- Quantitative Literacy, K-12
AP Statistics
or College Board -- an
annotated list of links that include several for Advanced Placement statistics
Teaching Statistics --
a journal mainly for teachers of students aged 9 to 19.
Statistics Teacher Network
newsletter
Journal of
Statistics Education (JSE) -- The electronic refereed journal mainly
for postsecondary teaching of statistics -- it's FREE!
ASA Publications --
JSE, American
Statistician, CHANCE, STATS, ASA Conference
proceedings
Technology
Innovations in Statistics Education
Statistics Education Research Journal
Assessment Resource Tools for Improving Statistical Thinking(ARTIST)
CAUSE
(Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education) --massive searchable database of LOTS of stuff!
Statistics Online Computational Resource
Jessica Utts Seeing Through Statistics (resources include chapter quizzes to assess understanding)
Teacher Quality Grant Program Middle School module - probability and statistics (Activities)
International
Association of Statistics Education (IASE) --
Membership Info, Newsletters, Conferences, and more.
The IASE Statistical
Education Research Group
Discussion Group Archives
-- Searchable archives of statistics-related discussion groups.
ASA Section on
Statistical Education
Information on the Stat Ed Section,
Conferences, Workshops, Publications, Sites on Stats Ed, Data Archives, etc.
Textbook
Options
online textbook by Rice
University's David Lane
virtual labs
collection of links
Math Forum Internet
Resource Collection
Rice University Virtual Lab
in Statistics
Cal Poly collection of
resources
Globally Accessible Statistical
Procedures
Ethics in
Statistical Practice
Data sets for case studies
from the Wiley book by Chatterjee et al
Duxbury
site for statistical literacy related to the Utts
book
Tools
for Teaching and Assessing Statistical Inference -- instructional modules
using simulation software to motivate concepts
Standards
and Rubrics for an Introductory Statistics Course
classroom-tested set of rubrics for assessments that support
two content standards that organize and drive the course
http://www.statistics.com/
DISCUS
interactive spreadsheet teaching software
Stockburger's site
University of Florida
site
discussion group EDSTAT-L:
you can subscribe by sending email to
listserv@JSE.stat.ncsu.edu
with the one-line message: subscribe edstat-l Firstname Lastname search the
archives of the listserv
overall research
methodology: http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/index.htm
American Mathematical Societys MathSci Online
includes info from Current Index to Statistics and Index to Statistics and
Probability.
collection of resources: http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/science/mathematicians/statistics.html
Journal of Statistical
Software; software
some important readings:
* Getting the Best
from Teaching Statistics
Larsen, Michael D. (2006) Advice for New and Student Lecturers on Probability and Statistics. Journal of Statistics Education, 14(1), http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v14n1/larsen.html
Thomas W. Rishel (2000) Teaching First: A Guide for New Mathematicians (MAA Notes #54)
Matt DeLong and Dale Winter (2002). Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Mathematics: Resources for Professional Development. (MAA Notes #57)
Thomas Moore (2000)
Resources for Undergraduate Instructors Teaching Statistics. (MAA Notes #52)
Joan B. Garfield (2005). Innovations in Teaching Statistics. (MAA Notes 65)
http://www.rsscse.org.uk/ts/TBO.html
Teaching Statistics at its Best. David
Green (Ed.), Teaching Statistics Trust. (1994).
Burrill, G. (1990) Implementing the Standards: Statistics and probability. Mathematics
Teacher, 83(2), 113-118.
Teaching Statistics and Probability, NCTM Yearbook(1981)
Teaching
Resources for Undergraduate Statistics, Thomas Moore (2000; Mathematical Association of
MAA Notes Vol. 52. Resources for Undergraduate Instructors Teaching
Statistics. Thomas L. Moore, Ed. (2000),
MAA Notes Vol. 26 Statistics for the Twenty-First Century.
MAA Notes Vol. 21. Perspectives on Contemporary Statistics. David Hoaglin & David Moore, Eds. (1992)
"Mathematics, Statistics and Teaching" article by George W. Cobb
and David S. Moore in Nov. 1997 issue of
American Mathematical Monthly
(Vol. 104, No. 9, pp. 801-823)
The Assessment Challenge in Statistics Education. I. Gal and J. B.
Garfield (Eds.). IOS Press. (1997).
Ng, Vee Ming and Khoon Yoong Wong (November 1999). Using Simulation on the
Internet to Teach Statistics. Mathematics Teacher, 92(8), 729-733.
Garfield, J. & Ahlgren, A. (1988). Difficulties
in learning basic concepts in probability and statistics: Implications for
research.
Shaughnessy, J.M. (1992). Research in probability and statistics: Reflections
and directions. Chapter 19 in D.A. Grouws (Ed.), Handbook of Research on
Mathematics Teaching and Learning. NY: Macmillan.
link-filled annotated article:
http://it.stlawu.edu/~rlock/10sites.html
The Best of Teaching
Statistics, 1986 (free at: http://www.rsscse.org.uk/ts/bts/contents.html)
Getting The Best from Teaching Statistics, 2000 (free at: http://www.rsscse.org.uk/ts/gtb/contents.html)
Mathematics Activities for Teaching and Learning (11th ed., 2003), Barnard & Wheeler,
Kendall/Hunt.
online.math.uh.edu/MiddleSchool/Modules/Module_5_Prob_Stat/Activities/activities1.htm AND
online.math.uh.edu/MiddleSchool/Modules/Module_1_Number_Operations/Activities/activities.htm
Internet applets http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/tools.html#pro
http://illuminations.nctm.org/swr/list.asp?Ref=2&Std=4
http://illuminations.nctm.org/tools/index.aspx)
Spreadsheets (e.g., Microsoft Excel)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010858001033.aspx
http://www.baycongroup.com/el0.htm
http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/
http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v4n1/nash.html
Stats software http://www.minitab.com/resources/tutorials/default.asp
http://www.keypress.com/catalog/products/software/Prod_TinkerPlots.html
Journals
Journal of Statistics Education http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/
Statistics Teacher Network http://www.amstat.org/education/stn/
Statistics Education Research Journal
http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications.php?show=serj
Teaching Statistics http://www.rsscse.org.uk/ts/
Guidelines
for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education
Curriculum Framework:
http://www.amstat.org/education/gaise/GAISEPreK-12.htm