Resources for Math 1107

· Student resource page for Stats: Data and Models, by Richard D. De Veaux, Paul F. Velleman, and David E. Bock. Select the text in use and follow the link for Student Resources. You will find link for the entire collection of datasets for the course.

· Here is a link to a free statistics software: STATDISK. You will also need the install Winzip on your PC's since the files in STATDISK are zipped. The Winzip application can be downloaded from the same site. http://www.aw.com/triola/student

· Math Lab: http://www.kennesaw.edu/university_studies/mathlab/

The Math Lab offers free tutoring to students and access to statistical and mathematical software applications. The Math Lab is located in Room 433 on the fourth floor of Sturgis Library. Check the web link for hours and available services.

Technology

Minitab

· Minitab website and Minitab user manual (pdf format)

· The R project for statistical computing free download

· Saving Mintab files remotely

· Plotting categorical data in Minitab

· How to plot numerical data in Minitab

· Scatterplots in Mintab

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TI83/84

· TI83 instructions provided by Pearson Education

· TI83 useful commands for statistical applications Prof. Gadidov notes

· TI83 statistics tutorial created by Steve Davis at Macon College, GA

http://calculator.maconstate.edu/calc_courses.html

· TI 83 statistics tutorial by Debra Payne http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons/ti83tutorial/mainpage.html

Class notes and help files

· Stats formula card (provided by the publisher)

· Working with the Normal model examples from Chapter 6

· Regression analysis in Minitab

· Finding probabilities through simulations and Minitab (MPJ) file

· Random variables: finding expected values and simulations

· The Binomial model.

· Sampling distribution of sample proportions

Quiz solutions

· Quiz 1

· Quiz2

· Practice Quiz 3 and answer key

· Practice Quiz #4 on scatterplots with solutions.

· Practice Quiz #5 on regression with solutions.

Data files

· Day 1 Questionnaire (Minitab file)

· MPG data pb 35_chapter 4

· Cholesterol data pb 34_ch4

· Anscombe data (for scatterplots)

· Lunchtime: data for pb 15 chapter 7

· Height-weight data

· Surprising scatterplot

· Speed

Project information

o Project information part 1

o Project checklist and scoring rubric part 1

o Project information part 2

o Project checklist and scoring rubric part 2

o Project data sets

1. Brain size

2. Calcium

3. Cereal

4. Education spending

5. Fish prices

6. Home prices

7. Hot dogs

8. Ice cream

9. Pollutants

10. Smoking and cancer

o Sample project I and Minitab file

o Sample project II

Practice tests and solutions

· Practice test #1

· Solutions to practice test #1

· List of review topics for Exam #1

· Practice test #2

· Solutions to Practice test 2 and Minitab (MPJ file)

· Practice test #3

· Solutions to practice #3

· Practice problems for final

· Selected solutions to some practice problems

Some online resources for TI calculators

(I haven’t checked how the instructions work for other TI calculators than TI83)

· Graphing calculator help a general menu for different generations of TI- calculators

· TI-86 the official Website

· TI-86 basic statistics commands

· TI-86 descriptive statistics

· TI-86 Computing probabilities, Confidence intervals, Hypothesis testing

Statistical data on the Internet

Sports
Robin Lock’s sports data page
NBA
NFL
Doug’s NBA Statistics
NHL
The Sports Network

Government Sources
FEDStats
Census Bureau
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics
USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture
NIH The National Institutes of Health

Interactive Statistics (by Martha Aliaga and Brenda Gunderson) Databases and resources

The Gallup Poll page
The WWW Virtual Library of Statistics