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  • Cartoon: Perspective

    A cartoon to teach about using summary statistics to draw out the salient features of a data set. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites.

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  • Cartoon: No tables needed when z = 2

    A cartoon to to help students remember that about 95% of data in a symmetric histogram lies within 2 standard deviations of the mean. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites.

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  • Cartoon: The Simple Experiment

    A cartoon that might be used when presenting a coin flip as a canonic example of a simple experiment in introducing probability concepts. The cartoon is #16 in the "Life in Research" series at www.vadio.com. Free to use with attribution in the classroom or on course websites.

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  • Cartoon: Scatterplot Outlier

    A cartoon to teach about outliers in scatterplots. The cartoon is #114 in the "Life in Research" series at www.vadio.com. Free to use with attribution in the classroom or on course websites.

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  • Cartoon: More Data

    A cartoon that might be used in discussing excessive interim analyses. The cartoon is #24 in the "Life in Research" series at www.vadio.com. Free to use with attribution in the classroom or on course websites.

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  • Cartoon: Reproducible Results

    A cartoon that might be used in teaching about the importance of replication in experimentation. The cartoon is #58 in the "Life in Research" series at www.vadio.com. Free to use with attribution in the classroom or on course websites.

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  • Cartoon: The Largest Error Bar

    A cartoon to teach about understanding large error bars (e.g. caused by the effect of outliers). The cartoon is #9 in the "Life in Research" series at www.vadio.com. Free to use with attribution in the classroom or on course websites.

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  • Cartoon: Negative Results

    A cartoon to teach about publication bias. The cartoon is #4 in the "Life in Research" series at www.vadio.com. Free to use with attribution in the classroom or on course websites.

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  • Cartoon: Error Bars

    A cartoon to teach the importance of including error bars to show the level of chance variation - as opposed to showing only the possibly strong trend that might be shown by averages. The cartoon is #22 in the "Life in Research" series at www.vadio.com. Free to use with attribution in the classroom or on course websites.

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  • **Levels of Measurement Game

    This tool provides individuals with opportunities to quiz themselves on levels of measurement in a game-like environment much like "Who Wants to be a Millionaire."

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