Additional Resources for STAT 7030
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Formula sheet: basic probability properties.
Most common probability distributions and their mean, variances and MGF. Linear
combination of independent random variables and results related to random
samples.
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TI 83
commands for probability and statistics. Commands for finding confidence
intervals added.
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Exponentials and logarithms
and their basic properties.
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A useful site with plenty of formula
sheets. (Professor’s Paul Dawkins at
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Notes on Bayesian Estimation
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Articles on
the net on Bayes Estimation
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A Bayesian
Look at Classical Estimation: The Exponential Distribution by Abdulaziz Elfessi and David M. Reineke
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Bayes
Estimators for the Continuous Uniform Distribution by A. Rossman, T Short
and M. Parks
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Comparison
of Non-Informative Priors for Number of Defects (Poisson) Model by M. Tahir and Z. Hussain
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Links on Chi-square tests with
example of McNemar test
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Stat notes by Prof.
David Garson at North Carolina State University
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The
McNemar test of marginal homogeneity (has some nice insightful examples)
· Changing students’ perspectives on McNemar test of change by Joel R. Levin and Ronald C. Serlin (in Journal of Statistics Education v.8, n.2 (2000)
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Comparison
of Several Fixation Methods for Cytomegalovirus Antigenemia Assay (article
appeared in the Journal of Clinical
Microbiology). Shorter
synopsis of the article on the Children’s
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The Generalized Likelihood Ratio test for
multinomial data
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Hypothesis testing for proportions, means and
variances
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Maple file on Bayes Estimation (Jan. 20)
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David Rivard’s presentation on
Proc Tabulate in SAS
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Minitab
session Jan 8: comparing two populations means; testing equality of two
population variances.
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Notes
on designing experiments (Jan 22)
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Maple
file on computations regarding the bivariate normal distribution. Notes
on the computations.(March 12)
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Maple
file on bivariate normal distribution generating bivariate normal data.
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The
distribution of sample
correlation coefficient in bivariate normal data through simulations.
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Selected problems from Exam 1
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Homework #8 Minitab file on pb8
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The Probability Web
contains links to online texts and tutorials, applets, and other
resources.
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Introduction
to Probability by Laurie Snell (pdf file)
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The
Mathematical Atlas: Statistics rich collection of sites, tutorials and
applications of statistics.
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Engineering Statistics Handbook
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The most complete online resource on the life and
work of Sir Francis Galton
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CiteSeer Scientific Literature Digital
Library: wonderful resource for thousands of scientific articles (lots of them
in statistics)
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A useful site with plenty of formula
sheets. (Professor’s Paul Dawkins at Lamar University)
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A
plot of the density of the bivariate normal distribution neat site with
animation
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Teaching with original sources in
mathematics (wonderful site in the history of mathematics)
Statistics articles on the WWW
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Article: How large does n have to
be for Z and t intervals? By Dennis Boos and Jaqueline Hughes-Oliver
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Journal of Statistics Education
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Oil and Gas on
Indian Reservations: Statistical Methods Help to Establish Value for Royalty
Purposes in Journal of Statistics Education
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NASCAR
Winston Cup Race Results for 1975-2003 in Journal of Statistics Education
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Pig Data
and Bayesian Inference on Multinomial Probabilities in Journal of
Statistics Education
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TV Viewing and Physical Activity Are Independently Associated with
Metabolic Risk in Children: The European Youth Heart Study in PloS Medicine
(Public Library of Science)
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Statisical study: The
Contribution of Medication Use to Recent Trends in Old-Age Functioning.
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Interesting article on Goodness of fit test
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The Regression
Fallacy about Galton’s
study on height of parents and children