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  • A song that may be used in discussing the value of blocking (or matching) in reducing variation in an experiment.  The lyrics were written by Mary McLellan from Aledo High School in Aledo, Texas as one of several dozen songs created for her AP statistics course. The song may be sung to the tune of the 1966 Beach Boys hit "Good Vibrations".  Also, an accompanying video may be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPCnjwyH8As

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  • A video to be used in discussions of the value of random assignment to avoid bias in the comparison of groups in an experiment. The video and lyrics were written by Mary McLellan from Aledo High School in Aledo, Texas and is sung to the tune of the Bee Gees 1977 disco hit "Stayin' Alive." The video won second place in the video category of the 2017 A-mu-sing contest.
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  • A song to be used in discussing the idea that correlation does not imply causation. The original music and lyrics were written in 2017 by Lawrence Mark Lesser from The University of Texas at El Paso and won first place in the song category of the 2017 A-mu-sing contest.
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  • A song to aid in discussing various common problems seen in the wording of questions in sample surveys. The original music and lyrics were written in 2017 by Lawrence Mark Lesser from The University of Texas at El Paso. The song won second place in the 2017 A-mu-sing contest.
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  • A song to be used in discussions about the meaning of the correlation coefficient (r) and r^2. The lyrics were written by Mary McLellan from Aledo High School in Aledo Texas and are a parody of the 1989 hip hop song "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice. The song won an honorable mention in the 2017 A-mu-sing contest.
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  • A song to be used in discussing the idea that the null hypothesis represents the model of no effect (with several common examples). The original music and lyrics were written in 2017 by Greg Crowther from Everett Community College. The song won an honorable mention in the 2017 A-mu-sing contest. In the current 2018 version the music is by Greg Crowther and the revised lyrics and vocals are by Greg Crowther and Larry Lesser from University of Texas at El Paso.

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  • A cartoon to aid in the discussion of volunteer sampling and response bias in surveys. The cartoon was created in 2017 by Sabrina Cappella, a student at the University of Toronto at Mississauga and took the grand prize in the 2017 A-mu-sing competition.
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  • A cartoon to aid in the discussion of the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics. The cartoon was created by Greg Crowther from Everett Community College and took second place in the cartoon category of the 2017 A-mu-sing competition.
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  • A cartoon to aid in the discussion of the importance of replication. The cartoon was created in 2017 by Lyla El-Fayomi, a student at the University of Toronto at Mississauga and won an honorable mention in the cartoon category of the 2017 A-mu-sing competition.
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  • A short story that might be used in an out of class assignment to explore life tables and the expected value of an annuity. The story was written by Steve Mathys from One America Companies. The story won second place in the Society of Actuaries 7th annual Speculative Fiction Contest in 2007.
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