Online Statistics Resources Across Disciplines

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On-line Statistics Resources Across Disciplines

• Ginger Holmes Rowell, Ph. D.
• Scott McDaniel, Ed. D.Lisa Green, Ph. D.
• Middle Tennessee State University
• MERLOT International Conference
• July 25-28, 2005
• Nashville, TN

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Outline

• Online Statistics Education Resources
• CAUSEweb MERLOT
• Using Internet Resources throughout the Learning
  Cycle
• Specific Examples
• Your Ideas

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Online Statistics Education Resources

• CAUSEweb MERLOT
• A Good Team

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Background CAUSE

• Consortium for the Advancement of
  Undergraduate Statistics Education

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CAUSEweb Resources

Digital Library for Undergraduate Statistics
Education www.CAUSEweb.org Two Facets
Peer-reviewed On-the-Web
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CAUSE Partners with MERLOT

• Roger Woodard - CAUSEweb Editor Editor of the
  MERLOT Statistics Editorial Board

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CAUSEweb Searching Browse Categories

• Lecture Examples
• Laboratories
• Out-of-class
• Teaching Tips
• Datasets
• Analysis Tools
• Curriculum
• Humor
• Building Blocks
• Multimedia

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Case Study Example
Teachers Viewpoint

• Case Study Case Teaching Notes

a Ready-To-Go Classroom Lesson
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Finding Related Items

• Related (or Companion) Items are Identified

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CAUSEweb Advanced Search
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Application Areas

• Agriculture
• Art and Music
• Astronomy
• Biology
• Business
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Engineering

• Geology
• Health Science
• Humanities
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Sports and Games

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Outline

• Online Statistics Education Resources
• CAUSEweb MERLOT
• Using Internet Resources throughout the Learning
  Cycle
• Specific Examples
• Your Ideas

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• PowerPoint slides
• Reference Materials
• History
• Demonstrations
• Applets
• Videos
• Simulations

• Data Sets
• Case Studies
• Guided Demos
• Simulations
• Laboratories
• Applets
• Tutorials

• Teacher-directed assessments
• Laboratories
• Homework Problems
• Self-directed assessments
• Immediate Feedback

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Outline

• Online Statistics Education Resources
• CAUSEweb MERLOT
• Using Internet Resources throughout the Learning
  Cycle
• Specific Examples
• Your Ideas

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The java applet can be used to strengthen
students understanding of time series by
allowing them to move points around and add
additional data points.
A teacher could either show a video in class or
have students watch the video as an out-of-class
assignment.
Teachers can select from a number of topics and
choose from over 70 questions (and answers) for
linear regression alone.
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A teacher could either show a video in class or
have students watch the video as an out-of-class
assignment.
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Search in CAUSEweb.org
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Lecture
29 min video
http//www.learner.org/resources/series65.html
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Over 26 videos in Statistics.
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A teacher could either show a video in class or
have students watch the video as an out-of-class
assignment.
The java applet can be used to strengthen
students understanding of time series by
allowing them to move points around and add
additional data points.
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Search in CAUSEweb.org
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Explore
Points can be changed
Data can be added
http//highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0072
868244/124727/LinearTE.html
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A teacher could either show a video in class or
have students watch the video as an out-of-class
assignment.
The java applet can be used to strengthen
students understanding of time series by
allowing them to move points around and add
additional data points.
Teachers can select from a number of topics and
choose from over 70 questions (and answers) for
linear regression alone.
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Search in CAUSEweb.org
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Assess
Choose a category
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Select from over 70 questions in Regression alone.
http//www2.gsu.edu/dscbms/ibs/qcontent.html
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Engineering

• A self contained example

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http//ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Civil-and-Environmental-
Engineering/1-017Computing-and-Data-Analysis-for-E
nvironmental-ApplicationsFall2003/CourseHome/index
.htm
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Lecture
23 separate lectures as PDF files. Most are only
3-5 pages long.
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Explore (1)
MatLab Exercises
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Explore (2)
Several problem sets w/ solutions
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Assess
Several practice quizzes/exams w/ solutions
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DIGSTATS contains examples and data sets, like
the one below about Acid Rain.
The Intuitor site contains an introduction to
hypothesis testing, relating it to what happens
at a criminal trial.
This website from the University of Canberra
(Australia) contains self tests students can use
to check their understanding.
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The Intuitor site contains an introduction to
hypothesis testing, relating it to what happens
at a criminal trial.
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http//www.intuitor.com/statistics/T1T2Errors.html
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DIGSTATS contains examples and data sets, like
the one below about Acid Rain.
The Intuitor site contains an introduction to
hypothesis testing, relating it to what happens
at a criminal trial.
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http//www.cvgs.k12.va.us/DIGSTATS/Sitemap.html
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DIGSTATS contains examples and data sets, like
the one below about Acid Rain.
The Intuitor site contains an introduction to
hypothesis testing, relating it to what happens
at a criminal trial.
This website from the University of Canberra
(Australia) contains self tests students can use
to check their understanding.
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http//aerg.canberra.edu.au/envirostats/bm/selftes
t.htm
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DIGSTATS contains examples and data sets, like
the one below about Acid Rain.
The Intuitor site contains an introduction to
hypothesis testing, relating it to what happens
at a criminal trial.
This website from the University of Canberra
(Australia) contains self tests students can use
to check their understanding.
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The Environmental Protection Agency describes the
importance of analyzing the power of a test.
This STAR Library entry describes a classroom
activity that helps students understand the
concept of power and how it relates to sample
size.
HyperStat has some exercises that ask about
topics related to power.
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The Environmental Protection Agency describes the
importance of analyzing the power of a test.
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http//www.epa.gov/bioindicators/primer/power.html

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The Environmental Protection Agency describes the
importance of analyzing the power of a test.
This STAR Library entry describes a classroom
activity that helps students understand the
concept of power and how it relates to sample
size.
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http//www.causeweb.org/repository/StarLibrary/act
ivities/blankenship_young2001/
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The Environmental Protection Agency describes the
importance of analyzing the power of a test.
This STAR Library entry describes a classroom
activity that helps students understand the
concept of power and how it relates to sample
size.
HyperStat has exercises that ask about topics
related to power.
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http//davidmlane.com/hyperstat/power.html
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The Environmental Protection Agency describes the
importance of analyzing the power of a test.
This STAR Library entry describes a classroom
activity that helps students understand the
concept of power and how it relates to sample
size.
HyperStat has some exercises that ask about
topics related to power.
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Outline

• Online Statistics Education Resources
• CAUSEweb MERLOT
• Using Internet Resources throughout the Learning
  Cycle
• Specific Examples
• Your Ideas

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Send Application Specific Ideas To

• Ginger Holmes Rowell
• rowell_at_mtsu.edu
• Scott McDaniel
• smcdanie_at_mtsu.edu
• Lisa Green
• lbgreen_at_mtsu.edu

www.CAUSEweb.org submit_at_causeweb.org