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In this handout, students are asked to compare the ages of terminated employees to the ages of retained employees. Students will use the comparison to decide if the data supports the conclusion of age discrimination.

The datasets on this page are classified by analysis technique (ANOVA, Linear Regression, Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Nonlinear Regression, and Univariate Summary Statistics) and by level of difficulty (lower, average, higher). They were originally intended to test statistical software.

This site gives the outlines and shows the lessons for psychology 340/341: Advanced Statistical Methods.

The applets in this section demonstrate basic issues of experimental design. The Poor Experimental Design ignores randomization rules and allows for increased experimental error. The Improved Experimental Design offers improvement over the first design by adding randomization and reducing experimental error. Both applets require the input of several participants. The purpose of the applets is to test the reaction times between a participant's dominant and non-dominant hand. This page was formerly located at http://www.stat.vt.edu/~sundar/java/applets/ExpDesign.html

This tutorial explains in detail how to calculate correlation with a TI-83 graphing calculator.

In this activity, students will calculate the correlation between the ratio of doctors to people and the average lifespan for 40 countries. The dataset contains the name of the country, the number of citizens per doctor, and the average female lifespan (in years). Questions about the exercise and a link to Excel instructions are given. The data exist in Excel data format and text format.

In this activity, students will perform a t-test to determine if there is a significant difference between the kicking distances of a football filled with helium and one filled with regular air. Questions about the exercise and links to Excel and TI-83 instructions are given. The data exist in Excel, TI-83, and text formats.

In this activity, students will perform a two-way ANOVA to determine if there is a difference in the amount of pressure (in Mpa) it takes to break two different types of laminated composites under wet or dry conditions. Questions about the exercise and links to Excel and TI-83 instructions are given. The data exist in Excel, TI-83, and text formats.

In this activity, students will calculate the correlation between GPA and SAT scores on 1000 students. The dataset contains high school GPA, college GPA, and SAT score for each student. Questions about the exercise and a link to Excel instructions are given. The data exist in Excel and text formats.

In this activity, students will perform an ANOVA to determine if the longevity of male fruitflies is related to their reproductive cycle. The dataset contains longevity (in days) of male fruitflies in 5 groups: Alone, 1 Interested Female, 8 Interested Females, 1 Uninterested Female, 8 Uninterested Females. Questions about the exercise and links to Excel and TI-83 instructions are given. The data exist in Excel, TI-83, and text formats.