A song that may be used in discussing the correlation coefficient and the interpretation of positive versus negative values and their magnitude. 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 Carl Perkin’s 1955 rock and roll song Blue Suede Shoes. Also, an accompanying video may be found at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RipAdV5jt0g
A song that may be used in discussing the meaning and interpretation of R^2; the coefficient of determination. 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 Christmas song Frosty the Snowman written by Walter Rollins and Steve Nelson and popularized by Gene Autry’s 1950 recording. Also, an accompanying video may be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gdxJ0HhELg
A song to be used in discussing the Regression Effect and the Regression Fallacy. The lyrics were written by Lawrence M. Lesser from The University of Texas at El Paso and may be sung to the tune of the 1977 song "Slip Slidin' Away" by Paul Simon. The song first appeared in the August 2017 Amstat News.
A song for use in discussing some key features of a good bar graph representing categorical data (y-axis starting at zero and the areas of bars proportional to the amount of data). The lyrics are by Lawrence M. Lesser from The University of Texas at El Paso and may be sung to the tune of the 1908 classic "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer.
A song that may be used in discussing how to make and interpret box plots. 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 Irish folk song Michael Finnegan.