Resources in Research
Communication Content Resources
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Guides to Computation and Explanation of Statistics
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| Sampling Issues |
Required Sample Size for Various Tests
Required Sample Size for Precision of Proportions
Required Sample Size for Pecision of Proportions
| Measurement and Reliability |
Selection of Statistical Tools |
Choosing a Statistical Test from Intuitive Biostatistics by Harvey Motulsky
PROPHET StatGuide
Test Selection program from the MODSTAT statistical package.
Statistical Computation Tools and Aids |
Analysis of Variance:
Factorial ANOVA (from Rweb page, scroll the Analysis
Menu and select ANOVA)
Binomial Approximation of the Normal Distribution
Calculation of Distribution Tail Areas
Chi Square
Distribution
Goodness of FIt
Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test
Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test (for 8 or fewer
categories)
Tests of Independence
2 x 2 Contingency Table with ancillary statistics
2 x 2 Contingency Table with ancillary statistics
For Table of Any Size (from Rweb page, scroll the
Analysis Menu, and select Two Way)Chi-Square test for equality of distributions
Correlation
Biserial and Point-Biserial Correlation
Least Squares Line and Transformations
Least Squares Regression Line and Pearson r
Spearman Rank Order Correlation
Spearman Rank Order Correlation
Spearman Rank Order Correlation
Distribution Calculators, Random Numbers, and Plots
Fisher Exact Test
Friedman Test
Globally Accessible Statistical Procedures (GASP)Multiple Regression
Cox Proportional Hazards Regression Analysis
Cox Proportional Hazards Regression Analysis
Multiple Regression and Graphics (on the Rweb page,
scroll Analysis Menu and select Regression)Multiple Regression for 2 Predictor Variables
Multiple Regression for 3 Predictor Variables
Multiple Regression for 4 Predictor Variables
Multivariate Statistics
Multivariate RregressionNon-Linear Least Squares Curves
Normal Distribution (and inverse) and Explanations
Normal Distribution with Graphics
Normal, t, Chi-Square, and Binomial Probabilities (from Rweb page, go to Analysis menu, select Probability)
Normal, t, F, Chi-Square, Binomial, and Uniform Probabilities
Normal, t, F, Chi-Square, Binomial, and Poisson Distributions
Normal, t, Chi-Square, and F Distributions
Probability Distributions and Plots
Reverse Probability Computations (enter p-value and degrees of freedom and computation returns critical test statistics and correlation coefficients)
Studentized Range Statistic and Dunnett's Test
paired t test, paired t test, paired t test
two groups t test, two groups t test, two groups t test
two groups t test with tests for heterogeneous
variances
| Calculation Pages |
Expression Evaluator (elements used in many statistical
formulae)
Expression Evaluator
(type in a numeric expression
and results of the evaluation is displayed)
Five function calculator, with
memory (looks just
like a hand calculator)
Inverse Symbolic Calculator
(reports computational
sources of numbers; e. g., type in 1.2247,
program
reveals it to be the square root of 3 divided
by 2)
Martindale's Reference Desk - Calculators On-Line - Statistics (collection of calculating web pages)
MathServe Calculus Toolkit (from Vanderbilt University)
Visible Memory Kalculator (visible memory of
values for use at another time)
| Plotter Pages |
Plotter of Functions as a Java Applets
Plotter Page (enter algebraic statement and get a plot)
Point Pattern Analysis (14 routines for descriptive statistics)
Statistical Functions |
| Confidence Intervals |
C.I. for Binomial and Poisson Distibuted Events
| Statistical Power |
One Sample or Related Samples t Test
Power vs Sample Size for Surveys
Power for Survival Outcome Analysis
Retrospective Power
Analysis (after doing
the test)
Two Independent Samples t Test
University Research Department Sources |
Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences at Harvard University
The Institute for Statistics and its Applications at Carnegie Mellon
Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan
| Programs and Programming Languages |
Data Applet (descriptive statistics and graphics)
Descriptive Statistics with stem and leaf displays
Kovach Computing Services (includes distributing
shareware statistical packages)
Mx (functions for structural
equation modeling including
LISREL, LISCOMP, EQS and CALIS; very
comprehensive)
NCSS (Number Cruncher Statistical System)
Rweb (interactive web-based program in the R
statistical
programming language)
SHAZAM (emphasis on econometrics and estimating and testing regression models, including high quality graphics)
Statiscope (descriptive statistics from user entered data)
Summary Statistics, Histograms, and Pearson Correlation
Survey System (software is designed for survey construction and implementation)WebStat (summary statistics and plots)
Xlisp-Stat expressions (with on-line Xlisp manual and reference guide)
xlSTAT (multivariate package that uses Microsoft Excel)
XLStatistics (Excel notebooks for teaching statistics)
| Instruction |
Applied Statistics and Experimental Design
Howell,David, Fundamental
Statistics for the Behavioral
Sciences (3rd ed.)
HyperStat (introductory level resource)
Introduction to Behavioral Research II
Introduction to Factor Analysis
Intro Course for Educational Psychologists
Introduction
to Quantitative Methods
Multivariate Course for
Educational Psychology
STeve's Attempt to Teach Statistics (STATS)
Miscellany