Statistical Sources

• The Nature of Chance: Relates critical thinking to numeracy
  
  
• The STEPS Glossary: A great statistics glossary
   
  

• http://surfstat.anu.edu.au/surfstat-home/surfstat-main.html  This is an on-line statistics textbook with links to other statistical sites. This site inlcudes interactive Java demonstrations, a glossary and a calculator for the Normal, Student's t, Chi-square probability distributions.
   
  

• Vassar Stats: This is another on-line statistics textbook. It covers a wide range of topics and has clear explanations and examples.
   
  
• HyperStat Online: Click Analysis Tools to access the Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics for interactive statistics demonstrations in Java. This site also includes a glossary, search engine, practice exercises, an on-line textbook and links to other statistics sites.
   
  
• Trochim's Center for Social Science Research: http://socialresearchmethods.net/Click Selecting Statistics link for assistance in choosing the appropriate statistical method for your problem. This link also gives access to a glossary. Click the Knowledge Base to access an on-line statistics textbook (navigate using the index on the left sidebar).
  
  
• The Shodor Education Foundation: Many interactive Java applets including the normal distribution and probabilities.
   
  
• Significant Digits: Information on reporting numbers for math and statistical problems.
   
  

Data Sources

• Dr. B's Wide World of Web Data:  http://www.statsci.org/datasets.html Click subject index at side to access links to various data sources.
   
  
• World Resources Institute: Link to Facts and Figures to access data files (includes data on mangrove, forests and fisheries).