Quantitative Reasoning Across the Curriculum: Web Resources
http://www.online.csuhayward.edu/Ms/ICPSR-Panel.doc
Excel Tutorial (also Word, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage) http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/excel/
An excellent introduction to the concept of spreadsheets and the basics of setting them up in Excel, plus ways of customizing Excel pages.
Between the Sheets – a Gentle Introduction for the Novice
http://www.bized.ac.uk/stafsup/options/sheets/sheet_guide.htm
Downloadable spreadsheets and supporting materials for Economics http://www.bized.ac.uk/stafsup/options/sheets/econ_index.htm
A Primer in Statistics
http://www.margaret.net/statistics/syllabus.htm
Easy to read and understand very basic descriptive statistics. Web exercises with immediate response (if incorrect, shows method and correct answer). Uses text, visuals, and formulas.
Statistics Every Writer Should Know
Nice refresher or friendly intro to mean, median, etc. plus sample size
Probabilities Marble Game
http://udel.edu/~bkinney/marbles/
Start this running at the beginning of your class or workshop session.
Against All Odds
http://www.learner.org/progdesc/series65.html
Start with “Describing Relationships”
Learning Objects for Statistical Decision Making (applet library)
http://ubmail.ubalt.edu/~harsham/Business-stat/otherapplets/Javastat.htm
See Descriptive Statistics, Histogram
Create a Graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
Create a variety of graphs or charts using your own data
The Aid Game – for Demography classes
http://www.cbc.yale.edu/courseware/ms/aidgame.html
Set parameters for various types of aid, run or step through scenarios.
Also see the Human Demographics Simulation http://www.cbc.yale.edu/courseware/demographics.html
Regional Economic Conditions
Choose a state, then county or MSA
Amber Waves
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/
Online version, regularly updated, of a magazine published 5 times a year by the US Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. Colorful graphs and charts for practice in interpretation. Good source for instructor created practice exercises.
Small Business Administration – Links to Online Courses and Tutorials
http://www.sba.gov/training/courses.html
Social Security Administration – Popular Baby Names
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Use fun data such as “On the Job Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities,” “Mass Layoffs,” and “Foreign Labor Costs.” Try the “Inflation Calculator.” Go to “Regional Resources” and choose your state.
Covered Employment & Wages
http://stats.bls.gov/cew/home.htm
A quarterly count of employment and wages reported by employers
covering 98 percent of
Census 2002
http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
ZIP codes: 98039 [BG]
Public Use Presentation Library
http://www.census.gov/mso/www/pres_lib/index2.html
PPT slides you can view or download
Teacher Materials Grades 9-12
http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/schtm03.html
Census – Facts for Features
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/factsheets.html
The latest Fun Factsheet is on “Dialing for Dollars” – telemarketing factoids.
American Fact Finder (Census.gov)
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
Go to the left menu, Site Tour
IDB Population Pyramids
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html
Choose “Dynamic” and “Large” plus a country
Population Reference Bureau/AmeriStat
Very simple tables and graphs, but with links to original source.
Population Reference Bureau – Educator’s Page
http://www.prb.org/template.cfm?Section=Educators
Census Scope (U Mich, SSDAN)
http://www.censusscope.org/us/map_65plus.html
Very visual – click on a State, see Pop’n pyramids; “Most Common Race”
American Religious Identification Study
http://www.gc.cuny.edu/studies/coverage.htm
NARA Exhibit Hall
http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/index.html
Public Policy Institute of California
http://www.ppic.org/main/series.asp?i=14
Nice graphics for beginning chart reading and analysis
Ed Nelson’s Research Methods (SOC 175)
http://blackboard.csufresno.edu/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_21592_1&frame
VERY useful – start with Assignments, Research Paper
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey London 1674-1834: Statistical Search
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org.uk/search/stats/
Read the transcripts of over 45,000 trials; calculate pie charts, bar charts, and tables using crimes/ offenses, verdicts, punishments, defendant or victim genders. Also see Tasks for Students.
Statistics Tools for Internet and Classroom Instruction with a Graphical User Interface
http://stat-www.berkeley.edu/users/stark/SticiGui/index.htm
Librarian’s Index to the Internet
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/americatransformed/
Audio, text.
Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web
http://web4.si.edu/sil/onlineexhibitions/oe_search2.cfm
American Religion Data Archive
http://www.thearda.com/test_main.asp?Show=Home
GSS 2000 http://www.thearda.com/file_main.asp?FILE=GSS2000&Show=Description Microcase download, also SPSS *.por file; Codebook – click on variable name for Frequencies OR use “Search/Analyze”
Indicators of School Crime and Safety
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/schoolcrime/
PEW Internet & American Life Project
http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/index.asp
Population Reference Bureau
Go to PRB Library, then click on 2003 World Population Data Sheet (pdf format)
Go to Educators, then The Demography of Sports Franchises
World Economics Using the Price of a Big Mac
http://www.oanda.com/products/bigmac/bigmac.shtml
What is a Dollar Worth?
http://minneapolisfed.org/Research/data/us/calc/index.cfm
Rand Review – Back Issues
http://www.rand.org/publications/randreview/backissues.html
Free Online Full Text Articles
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl
Historical Voices
http://www.historicalvoices.org/
History Wired
http://historywired.si.edu/index.html
Resources on Nonconsensual Human Experimentation
http://www.dc.peachnet.edu/~shale/humanities/composition/assignments/experiment.html
Episim – Simulation of an Epidemic
http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/episim/
Help control SARS outbreaks; cohort, case control, and ecological studies.
WHO Data About SARS
http://www.who.int/csr/sars/en/
Sim Forest
http://ddc.hampshire.edu/simforest/software/software.html
Students can plant trees from a pool of over 30 New England species, set environmental parameters such as rain fall, temperature, and soil conditions, and watch the forest plot grow and evolve over many years. Graphing and analysis tools are provided within the programs for collection of hard copy data.