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Data Analysis & Statistics

Resources on the topics covered in introductory statistics and data analysis classes (e.g., PUBP 511, COMM 650)

Measurement & Distributions

Probability Distributions, Z-Scores

Normal Distribution (Math is Fun)
Probability Distributions and Z-Scores (Mark Flaherty)
What is a Z-Score + calculator, Z-tables, and Empirical Rule (StatisticsHelper)
How do I determine whether my data are normal? (Psychwiki)
Common Distributions (Cloudera) / Tree (Damodaran) / Parameters (Apache)
Explore: Normal Distribution Calculator (HyperStat/David M Lane)
Explore: Probability Distributions (Seeing Theory)
Video: the Normal Distribution + p-to-z converter (WISE)

Sampling Distributions, Standard Error

Statistical Terms in Sampling (Research Methods Knowledge Base)
How Samples Vary (Stats without Tears)
Advanced: Importance of being uncertain (Nature Methods)
Video: Sampling Distributions (against all odds)
Explore: Sampling from a non-Normally distributed population (UBC Statistics Visualizations)
Explore: Sampling & Standard Error (R-Studio, Shiny App) / Alternative (RVLS)

Estimation, Confidence Intervals

Statistical Estimation (Mark Flaherty)
Survey Sample Sizes and Margin of Error (Rogrer Niles)
Confidence Intervals 6-Step Method pdf (Golde I. Holtzman)
Video: Constructing Confidence Intervals (OpenIntro)
Explore: Interpreting Confidence Intervals (Kristoffer Magnusson)

Hypothesis Testing

Null Hypothesis Significance Testing & P-Values

Hypothesis Testing and Steps in Hypothesis Testing (Open Learning Textbook)
Statistical Significance - What Does It Really Mean (SPSS Tutorials)
Video: Tests of Significance (against all odds)
Video: The Dance of the p-values (Geoff Cummings)
Video: P-Value Easy Explanation (Chand Chauhan)

Topics in Statistical Analysis

Effect Sizes (vs NHST) pdf (Andy Field)
Sampling & the 1-Sample Z-Test (Usable Stats)
One-tail vs. two-tail P values (GraphPad)
Explore: Central Limit Theorem (Michael Freeman)
Explore: Distriution of Sample Means by Ian Stevenson
Explore: t-distribution (Kristoffer Magnusson)

Power & Error

Power and sample size (Nature Methods)
Type I and Type II Errors – Making Mistakes in the Justice System (Tom Rogers)
Tutorial: Statistical Power with Exercises (WISE)
Errors and Power (Open Learning Textbook)
Explore: Understanding Statistical Power and Significance Testing (Kristoffer Magnusson)
Video: Type I and II Errors, Power, Effect Size, Significance and Power Analysis in Quantitative Research (NurseKillam)

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Subjects: Data & Statistics

Tags: applied_statistics, data, research methods, statistics