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  • STATISTICAL LITERACY: READING TABLES OF RATES AND PERCENTAGES

    This paper presents rules for determining whether an index variable in such a table is part or whole depending on whether the associated margin value is an average, a sum or a 100% sum. Tables with missing margin values -- date-indexed tables, half tables and control tables -- are analyzed. Recommendations are made to improve reader understanding of any table involving rates or percentages.

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  • Correlation, Determination, and Causality In Introductory Statistics

    This article discusses teaching causality without being discipline specific. It explains the causal differences between description, prediction and explanation.

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  • Sexual Activity

    This page provides survey data on the sexual activity of male and female subjects and discusses choosing appropriate statistics to describe the data as well as reporting bias. It also links to a Chance article about the same study.

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  • DAU StatRefresher: Probability

    These tutorials on probability cover basic probability, random variables, expectations, and distributions with interactive assessment at the end of each tutorial.

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  • Sampling SIM Program: Sampling Distributions

    This webpage provides instructions for teaching sampling distributions using Sampling SIM software. It includes information regarding prerequisite knowledge, common misconceptions, and objectives, as well as links to an activity and a pre/post-test.

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  • Sampling SIM Program: P-values and Standard Distributions

    This webpage provides instructions for teaching p-values and standard distributions using Sampling SIM software. It includes information regarding prerequisite knowledge, common misconceptions, and objectives, as well as links to an activity and a pre/post-test.

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  • Sampling SIM program: Confidence Intervals

    This webpage provides instructions for teaching confidence intervals using Sampling SIM software. It includes information regarding prerequisite knowledge, common misconceptions, and objectives, as well as links to an activity and a pre/post-test.

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  • Group Guide

    This webpage includes teaching tips for forming groups and utilizing groups for projects.

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  • Homework Grading Rubric

    This webpage shows a grading rubric for group projects.

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  • Incorporating Data Analysis Projects into Introductory Statistics

    This 21 page pdf file includes teaching tips for using projects when teaching statistics such as group formation and grading rubrics. This site provides sample projects on data and probability summaries, hypothesis testing and simple linear regression.

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