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Country Day School
Charlotte
Country Day School
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Web Sites and ActivStats Use with
The Practice of Statistics, 2nd ed.
by Yates, Moore, and Starnes
Chapter 1: Exploring Data
 | Explore data from the National Basketball Association: http://www.nba.com |
| South Carolina's applet to experiment with bin width for histograms: http://www.stat.sc.edu/~west/javahtml/Histogram.html |
| Rex Boggs has a wonderful website called "Exploring Data" which is a great teaching resource. Find it at http://exploringdata.cqu.edu.au/ |
| Other useful sites for data sets are listed below under "Sources of Data" |
ActivStats activities:
Introduction: Sections 1-1
through 1-4
Data and Measurements: Sections 2-1
and 2-2
The Distribution of One Variable:
Sections 3-2 through 3-4
Describing Distributions: Sections
4-1 through 4-4, with a Case Study in 4-2
Chapter 2: The Normal Distributions
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ActivStats activities:
Normal Distributions: Sections 5-1
through 5-3
Comparing Groups: Sections 6-1 and
6-2, with a Case Study in 6-3
Chapter 3: Examining Relationships
| A link from SticiGui (pronounced sticky-gooey) with an aplet about
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Go to the book’s Web site, www.whfreeman.com/yates2e and select Statistical Applets. From there, launch the Correlation and Regression applet. |
| Go to http://noppa5.pc.helsinki.fi/koe/corr/cor.html to enter a correlation and see what the scatterplot looks like then try your skill at determining correlation from the graph at http://noppa5.pc.helsinki.fi/koe/corr/cor1.html |
| Use this Java Sketchpad to see how the squared deviations and sum of squares change as you manipulate a regression line and the data points: |
| Use this Java Applet to add a point to a scatterplot to see how an outlier will affect the regression line and correlation: http://www.stat.sc.edu/~west/javahtml/Regression.html |
ActivStats activities:
Chapter 4: More on Two-Variable Data
Chapter 5: Producing Data
| Information about how to conduct a survey can be found at: http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/info/srms/survpamphlet.html |
| An example of an experiment, complete with treatment and control groups can be found in the TIME magazine article about a Parkinson's disease experiment taken from SCIENCE, February 22, 1999, Vol. 153 No. 7 [Real Knife, Fake Surgery. "Sham operations – in which the patient is cut open and sewer up—are the latest medical controvery" by Dick Thompson/Washington] http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,20197,00.html |
| A web site which provides newspaper articles about studies and also discusses the studies can be found at http://www.ni.com.au/mercury/mathguys/datcsamp.htm |
| A Jelly Blubber Activity which addresses the need for random samples is available at http://curriculum.qed.qld.gov.au/kla/eda/docs/jelyblub.doc [A site where the worksheets can be downloaded onto 8.5 by 11 inch paper (set very small margins) is smard.cqu.edu.au/Database/Senior/Maths_C/Probability_and_Statistics/] |
ActivStats activities:
Chapter 6: Probability: The Study of Randomness
| South Carolina's applet that simulates the Monte Hall problem: http://www.stat.sc.edu/~west/javahtml/LetsMakeaDeal.html |
| Several probability activities are available at http://curriculum.qed.qld.gov.au/kla/eda/probabil.htm |
ActivStats activities:
Chapter 7: Random Variables
ActivStats activities:
Random Variables: Sections 15-1 through 15-3
Chapter 8: The Binomial and Geometric Distributions
Chapter 9: Sampling Distributions
| The controversial topic about the role of sampling in Census 2000 is addressed in the paper entitled "Statistical Controversies in Census 2000" by L.D. Brown, M.L. Eaton, D.A. Freedman, & others (October 1998). You can find it at the following website: http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/tech-reports/index.html. When you get to that webpage, look for technical report item 537. |
| A freeware program called PQRS will draw pseudo-random samples from a distribution of your choice. It is available at http://www.eco.rug.nl/medewerk/knypstra/pqrs.html |
| Central Limit Theorem with questions and a link to Rice's sampling distribution java page is at http://mysite.verizon.net/reso3sqm/id3.html |
ActivStats activities:
Sampling Distributions: Sections 16-1 and 16-2
Chapter 10: Introduction to Inference
| An exercise for understanding confidence intervals is available at http://curriculum.qed.qld.gov.au/kla/eda/ws_ci.htm |
| A java applet for investigating confidence intervals can be found at http://www.stat.sc.edu/~west/javahtml/ConfidenceInterval.html |
| This javascript may be used to visualize the [hypothesis testing] decision problem: http://noppa5.pc.helsinki.fi/uudet/testi/onesided.html |
| A free (!!) probability distribution calculator which allows you to input either x to compute Prob(X<=x) or to input P and compute x so that P=Prob(X<=x) for most of the standard distibutions (normal, chi-square, t, F, etc.) is available for downloading at: http://dataxiom.com |
ActivStats activities:
Estimating with Confidence: 17-1 through 17-4
Testing
Hypotheses: 19-1 and 19-2 then 19-3 and 19-4
Chapter 11: Inference for Distributions
| A java applet that investigates the power of a test is available at: http://www.stat.sc.edu/~west/javahtml |
ActivStats activities
:Against All Odds video: 2-sample t-tests
Chapter 12: Inference for Proportions
| This site gives the target proportions for the M&Ms in a bag [check the bottom of the page]: http://www.m-ms.com/factory/history/faq1.html |
ActivStats activities:
Inference for Proportion: Sections 22.1 and 22.2
Chapter 13: Inference for Tables: Chi-Square Procedures
| STEPS modules may be downloaded from http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/steps/ Two of them ["The Case of Luddersby Hall" and "Bullying in Schools"] involve analysis with chi-square procedures. |
| Another site which works with Chi-Square Procedures is http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/patel/chisquare/keyprob.html |
ActivStats activities
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Chapter 14: Inference for Regression
ActivStats activities
:Sources for Data
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The Curry Center for Technology and Teacher Education at the University of Virginia has a web site at http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/teacherlink/math/links/data.html with links to sites for collecting data, maps, and charts. The site also has activities, including probability. |
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Sites with athletic
information: Stats and histories for the 1999 MLB Post Season http://cnnsi.com/baseball/mlb/1999/postseason/ Home Run Record History starting with the NL’s first year in 1876: :http://www.homerunrecord.com/ For Football and many other sports: http://www.sportingnews.com/ For Track and Field: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~sut/eng/index.html For Hockey: http://www.nhl.com For the National Basketball Association: http://www.nba.com For the Women’s National Basketball Association: http://www.wnba.com For Nascar data: http://www.nascar.com/ |
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Information about m&m candies is available at http://www.m-ms.com/us/about/index.jsp |
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The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is a web site that has details on over 200,000 movies with a feature which allows random sampling from their list. It is available at www.imdb.com/RandomTitle |
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Lots of data regarding the University of North Carolina schools (admissions, costs, etc.) is available at http://www.ga.unc.edu/publications/ |
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DASL [Data and Story Library]http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/ |
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UCLA Case Studieshttp://www.stat.ucla.edu |
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A good place to get a peek into Uncle Sam’s vast intelligence apparatus which has its up-to-date listing of declassified reports and studies.www.odci.gov/cia |
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A well-known source of surveys is the Gallup Poll: www.gallup.com |
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A good source of news, but which is not focussed on surveys:http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv |
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A site which posts a monthly national poll and does a good job of being nonpartisan and of reporting poll results completely:http://www.people-press.org/content.htm |
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Data available at the Center for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/ |
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Data related to weather and climate: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climatex.shtml |
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World population information can be found at http://www.popin.org/pop1998/4.htm |
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The University of Michigan has data from many different fields (e.g., economics, politics, agriculture, foreign governments, environment, health, sociology, weather) at http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/stats.html |
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Bob Hayden has datasets which correspond to examples and exercises in the Siegel and Morgan textbook. He especially likes the raw data files for the categorical data in Chapter 14. These data sets are available at Bob's website in Statland. Go to http://mathpc04.plymouth.edu/menu.html |
Sources for Review
| A review note sheet for students regarding what assumptions should be checked when writing a free response solution involving a hypothesis test or confidence interval on the AP exams can be found at: http://web.a-znet.com/marianos/assumptions.htm |
| A site with LOTS of practice statistics questions is http://www.gsu.edu/~dscbms/ibs/qcontent.html |
| Sanderson Smith's site at http://www.cate.org/sms99/writ99/wrthmp.htm contains lots of interesting writings, including helpful thoughts regarding the AP exam. |
| The data for past AP exams is posted on the college board website http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/techman/chap4/comp_tables/index.html |
| Bob Hayden's site for his college introductory statistics course contains good information and previous quizzes and tests http://mathpc04.plymouth.edu/MA230.htm |
| This website has many of the snapshot graphs that usatoday presents on their front page. Right click and copy and place into word documents. The graph can be enlarged or made smaller... http://www.usatoday.com/snapshot/news/snapndex.htm |
Other Web Sites of Interest
| Sanderson Smith's site at http://www.cate.org/sms99/apst99/stathmp.htm has wonderful summaries from YMM and also his assignments. |
| A site from Australia has posted statistical teaching resources from around the world: http://www.statsci.org/teaching.html |
| "Short stories" about applications of statistics are found at http://www.scc.ms.unimelb.edu.au/discday/dyk.html |
| Case studies done in Australia: http://www.scc.ms.unimelb.edu.au/discday/cases.html |
| The College Board has AP Statistics information at http://www.collegeboard.com/ap/statistics/. Information on how to subscribe to the on-line AP Statistics Discussion Group is located there. Previous discussions may be researched at http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/apstat-l |
| As mentioned under "Chapter 1," Exploring Data is a terrific web site which includes worksheets and other resources. Find it at http://exploringdata.cqu.edu.au/ |
| Daren Starnes has a great site for teacher resources at www.webb.org/math/starnes/ap_statistics.htm |
| Another wonderful resource for AP Stat teachers is Al Coon's site at http://www.bbns.org/us/math/ap_stats/ Look at this site for the work of one of Al's students, Nick Reber, to find useful Stat Applets |
| Chris Olsen has a site which lists colleges and credits they give for AP Stat: http://www.wash.cr.k12.ia.us/academics/math/apinfo/index.html |
| Juha Puranen has developed some good applets for instruction at http://noppa5.pc.helsinki.fi/koe/dhtml.html [They may not be used with Internet Explorer, but they work well with Netscape.] |
| Dan Yates has a web site at http://205.128.128.30/statscalendr.html with a suggested timeline for using The Practice of Statistics. |
| the AP Statistics List Frequently Asked Questions website is ready for your viewing and reading pleasure!! The URL is:http://www.ncssm.edu/statsteachers |
| A statistics gloassary (used with the STEPS modules) can be found at: http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/steps/glossary/index.html |
| HyperStat Online is an online textbook with glossary and links to other sites on the web: http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html |
| Another online textbook [Introductory Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications} is available at http://www.psychstat.smsu.edu/sbk00.htm |
| A great site from Australia (including worksheets) which can be used to explore data is: http://exploringdata.cqu.edu.au/ |
| An informal guide to inferential statistics used in the laboratory can be found at: http://nimitz.mcs.kent.edu/~blewis/stat/scon.html |
| Statistical jokes are available at http://www.keypress.com/fathom/jokes.html |
| Another site with statistics jokes is http://www.ilstu.edu/~gcramsey/Gallery.html |
| Interesting statistical quotes can be found at http://www.keypress.com/fathom/quotes.html |
| A site which contains papers on topics in higher level mathematics, including statistics topics [some of which are beyond the scope of the AP syllabus] is from the North Carolina School for Science and Mathematics at http://192.154.43.167/green/math/TALKS/index.htm Also included at this site are Bob Stephenson's fifty pages of notes covering Linear Regression, Multiple Regression, Logistic Regression |
| If you are concerned about plagiarism in student papers, visit http://www.asee.org/prism/december/html/student_plagiarism_in_an_onlin.htm |