http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--Home.php CAUSEweb.org RSS Feed.(CAUSE: Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education) http://www.causeweb.org/images/logo.jpg http://www.causeweb.org/ 144 40 CAUSEweb.org en-us editor@causeweb.org webmaster@causeweb.org Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1870 A song to teach various concepts in probability. Written by Mary Pat Campbell for Mathcamp 2002 at Colorado College. May be sung to the tune of "Take a Chance on Me" by ABBA Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:08:45 -0400 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1858 BrightStat is a free online application for statistical analyses. Besides many non-parametric tests, BrightStat offers multiple linear regression, logistic regression, ANOVA and repeated measurements ANOVA as well as Kaplan Meier Survival analysis. BrightStat has an easy to use GUI and supports the creation of mostly used scientifc graphs such as line-, bar-, scatter- and box-plots as well as histograms. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:26:57 -0400 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1869 The International Statistical Literacy Project (ISLP) puts out a newsletter bimonthly. According to ISLP, "The mission of the International Statistical Literacy Project (ISLP) is to support, create and participate in statistical literacy activities and promotion around the world." This newsletter is a way to get information out to those interested. Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:23:53 -0400 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1868 "Rejection Detection" is a poem by Patricia McCann of Franklin University. It may be used in teaching about p-values in hypothesis testing. Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:43:13 -0400 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1867 A cartoon suitable for use in teaching the idea that association does not imply causation. The cartoon is number 552 from the webcomic series at xkcd.com created by Randall Munroe. Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites under a creative commons attribution-non-commercial 2.5 license. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:35:27 -0400 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1866 A cartoon suitable for use in teaching about time series plots and changepoints. The cartoon is number 418 from the webcomic series at xkcd.com created by Randall Munroe. Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites under a creative commons attribution-non-commercial 2.5 license. Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:52:01 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1865 A cartoon suitable for use in teaching about scatterplots and correlation. The cartoon is number 388 from the webcomic series at xkcd.com created by Randall Munroe. Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites under a creative commons attribution-non-commercial 2.5 license. Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:33:37 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1863 A cartoon suitable for use in teaching about linear estimates (also references median and bell-curve). The cartoon is number 314 from the webcomic series at xkcd.com created by Randall Munroe. Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites under a creative commons attribution-non-commercial 2.5 license. Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:30:30 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1864 A cartoon suitable for use in teaching about time series plots. The cartoon is number 252 from the webcomic series at xkcd.com created by Randall Munroe. Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites under a creative commons attribution-non-commercial 2.5 license. Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:29:30 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1862 A cartoon suitable for use in teaching about bar graphs. The cartoon is number 373 from the webcomic series at xkcd.com created by Randall Munroe. Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites under a creative commons attribution-non-commercial 2.5 license. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:23:30 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1861 A cartoon suitable for a course website or classroom use in teaching about sample surveys (election polls). The cartoon is number 500 from the webcomic series at xkcd.com created by Randall Munroe. Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites under a creative commons attribution-non-commercial 2.5 license. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:17:00 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1860 A cartoon suitable for a course website that makes use of a boxplot to display an outlier and also uses the term “statistically significant” in its punch line. The cartoon is number 539 from the webcomic series at xkcd.com created by Randall Munroe. Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites under a creative commons attribution-non-commercial 2.5 license. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:12:06 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1859 A song about two-tailed tests for hypotheses about the mean that may be sung to the tune of the 1966 song "Break on Through (to the other side)" by the Doors. Lyrics by Dennis Pearl of The Ohio State University. Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:07:40 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1857 A joke about the economic value of a degree in the applied mathematical sciences compared to a more theoretical degree. Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:37:34 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1856 A cartoon to teach ideas about sample surveys. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:12:57 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1855 A cartoon that might be used at the beginning of a term to joke about student expectations for a statistics course. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:09:28 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1854 A cartoon to teach the idea that the mean is affected by outliers while the median is not. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:01:36 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1853 This song describes the pitfalls of using a steep prior in a Bayesian analysis that is not based on an underlying understanding of the problem. The lyrics were written by Mark Glickman and may be sung to the tune of The Four Seasons' 1975 song "December, 1963 (Oh What a Night)" written by Bob Gaudio and Judy Parker. The mp3 was recorded July 9, 2008 (Mark Glickman - vocals). Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:38:07 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1852 This song extols the value of Bayesian thinking. The song was written by Mark Glickman and may be sung to the tune of The Zombie's 1968 song "Time of the Season" written by Rod Argent. The mp3 was recorded on May 24 2008 (Mark Glickman - vocals). This song was first performed live in June 2006at "Eighth Valencia World Meeting on Bayesian Statistics" in Benidorm, Spain, by Mark Glickman, Brad Carlin, Jennifer Hill, and David Heckerman. Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:17:27 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1851 This song describes the benefits of using a prior distribution to capture information already known about a topic under study. The lyrics are by Mark Glickman and may be sung to the tune of The Shocking Blue's 1969 song "Venus." The accomanying mp3 recording was produced on May 17, 2008 (Mark Glickman - vocal and guitar) Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:50:48 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1850 “Are no probabilities to be accepted, merely because they are not certainties.” Quote of English novelist Jane Austen (1775 – 1817) appearing in her book Sense and Sensibility, volume 1 (T. Egerton, 1811) p. 41. The quote was spoken by the character Mrs. Dashwood in a conversation with her daughter Elinor. Also to be found in Statistically Speaking the dictionary of quotations compiled by Carl Gaither and Alma Cavazos-Gaither p. 159 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:58:29 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1849 “We can never achieve absolute truth but we can live hopefully by a system of calculated probabilities. The law of probability gives to natural and human sciences – to human experience as a whole - the unity of life we seek.” Quote of American educator Agnes E Meyer (1887 – 1970) appearing in her book Education for a New Morality (MacMillan, 1957) p. 21. Also to be found in Statistically Speaking the dictionary of quotations compiled by Carl Gaither and Alma Cavazos-Gaither p. 131 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:00:02 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1848 “Always expect to find at least one error when you proofread your own statistics. If you don’t, you are probably making the same mistake twice.” Quote of american demographer Cheryl Russell appearing in Rules of Thumb by Tom Parker (Houghton Mifflin, 1983) p. 124. Also to be found in Statistically Speaking the dictionary of quotations compiled by Carl Gaither and Alma Cavazos-Gaither p. 81 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:38:38 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1847 A cartoon to teach ideas of probability ad the Law of Large Numbers. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:09:25 -0500 http://www.causeweb.org/cwis/SPT--FullRecord.php?ResourceId=1846 A cartoon to teach ideas of conditional probability. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:03:14 -0500