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* [[significance tests]] | * [[significance tests]] | ||
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* [[guide to Excel for statistics]] | * [[guide to Excel for statistics]] | ||
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* measures of central tendency: [[wikipedia:mean|mean]], [[wikipedia:median|median]], [[wikipedia:mode|mode]] | * measures of central tendency: [[wikipedia:mean|mean]], [[wikipedia:median|median]], [[wikipedia:mode|mode]] | ||
* normal distributions: [[wikipedia:normal distribution|normal distribution]], [[wikipedia:standard deviation|standard deviation]], [[wikipedia:variance|variance]], [[wikipedia:standard error of the mean|standard error of the mean]] from the Wikipedia | * normal distributions: [[wikipedia:normal distribution|normal distribution]], [[wikipedia:standard deviation|standard deviation]], [[wikipedia:variance|variance]], [[wikipedia:standard error of the mean|standard error of the mean]] from the Wikipedia | ||
* significance tests: [[wikipedia:Statistical significance|significance]], [[wikipedia:confidence interval|confidence interval]], [[wikipedia:Student's t-test|t test]], [[wikipedia:ANOVA|ANOVA]] | * significance tests: [[wikipedia:Statistical significance|significance]], [[wikipedia:confidence interval|confidence interval]], [[wikipedia:Student's t-test|t test]], [[wikipedia:ANOVA|ANOVA]], [[wikipedia:Margin_of_error|margin of error]], [http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/stories/2003/12/31/pollsAndMarginOfErrorALittleExplainer.html Polls and margin of error] | ||
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* [http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html HyperStat] statistics textbook by David Lane (prof. for psychology & statistics) | * [http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html HyperStat] statistics textbook by David Lane (prof. for psychology & statistics) | ||
* [http://www.tufts.edu/~gdallal/LHSP.HTM The Little Handbook of Statistical Practice] by Gerard E. Dallal (chief of the Biostatistics Unit, Tufts Uni) | * [http://www.tufts.edu/~gdallal/LHSP.HTM The Little Handbook of Statistical Practice] by Gerard E. Dallal (chief of the Biostatistics Unit, Tufts Uni) | ||
* [http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/ | * [http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/ Electronic Statistics Textbook] by StatSoft | ||
* [http://www. | * [http://udel.edu/~mcdonald/statintro.html Handbook of Biological Statistics] | ||
* [http://www.statcan.gc.ca/edu/power-pouvoir/toc-tdm/5214718-eng.htm Statistics: Power from Data!] | |||
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Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable. | Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable. | ||
:Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) | :Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) | ||
Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions. | Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions. | ||
:Evan Esar (1899 - 1995) | :Evan Esar (1899 - 1995) | ||
I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic. | I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic. | ||
:Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) | :Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) | ||
Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics. | Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics. | ||
:Fletcher Knebel | :Fletcher Knebel | ||
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. | There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. |
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