Math 542 Resource Page

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This page provides a list of resources that will be useful in this course (and afterwards too!).

On-line resources
- Chance homepage: contains Chance News, Video Resources, Teaching Aids, and Internet Links
- More or Less: Weekly BBC Radio Show about what's behind the stats
- Good Math, Bad Math: a blog about the beauty of mathematics and the use of bad math to lie and distort reality
- The Best of Teaching Statistics: The first Anthology (volumes 1-14) and the best articles from volumes 15-21
- TimeWeb site on effective data-handling skills. References include a list of a few key Statisticians through history
- ASA (Amer. Stat. Assn): What is a Survey? booklet for non-specialists
Data Analysis texts
- Applied Statistics with Microsoft Excel, Gerald Keller, Duxbury/Thomson/Brooks/Cole, 2001
- Data Analysis using Microsoft Excel, Michael Middleton, Duxbury/Thomson/Brooks/Cole, 2004
- Data Analysis with Microsoft Excel, Berk and Cary, Duxbury/Thomson/Brooks/Cole, 2004
NCTM and MAA resources
- Data Analysis and Statistics Across the Curriculum, Addenda Series, Gail Burrill etal, NCTM, 1992
- Dealing with Data and Chance, Addenda Series, Judith S. Zawojewski etal, NCTM, 1992
- Data Analysis, New Topics for Secondary School Mathematics, NC School of Science and Mathematics, NCTM, 1988
- Perspectives on Contemporary Statistics, MAA Notes, Number 21, David Hoaglin and David Moore (Editors), MAA, 1992
- Statistics for the Twenty-First Century, MAA Notes, Number 26, F. Gordon and S. Gordon (Editors), MAA, 1992
Periodicals
- Journal of Statistics Education (available online through the Daniel Library)