| Intuitive_Biostatistics Harvey Motulsky, OUP (1995). Site for the book, with online extracts (PDF). |
| K-12_Statistics_Education Resources in statistics including lessons and useful data sets. |
| Number_Watch Monitors the media in search of misleading numbers in news, politics and science. |
| Numeracy_in_the_News Features sections on data collection and sampling, creating graphs, probability and inference. Also, includes special topic articles and teacher spreadsheet programs. |
| Primer_in_Statistics Covers mean, mode, median, standard deviation, area approximation, charts and testing for normality. |
| Resources_in_Statistics,_Quantitative_Methods_and_Experimental_Design Statistics-related exercises and humour, for courses from high school to graduate level. |
| Rice_Virtual_Lab_in_Statistics This resource for teaching statistics includes java simulations, case studies, an online text, and an analysis lab. |
| SAS_JMP Tutorials for SAS's JMP Statistical Analysis Software. |
| Seeing_Statistics Tutorial using graphs to illustrate concepts. Includes glossary of terms. Online purchase. |
| StatiBot An on-line expert system for finding statistical tests appropriate to a dataset. |
| Statistica Book, with worked examples and courses are specially designed for the non-mathematicians. Includes excerpts and ordering information. |
| Statistical_Data_Analysis Tutorial describes time series analysis, popular distributions, and other topics. |
| Statistical_Home_Page_(David_Howell) This site contains a variety of pages related to the teaching of parametric and nonparametric statistics. It includes examples, content, lecture notes, and ideas on teaching. |
| Statistical_Java An interactive environment for teaching undergraduate statistics. Java applets demonstrate properties and concepts of statistics. Requires Java enabled browser. |
| Statistics_Education Links related to statistics education: online teaching material, courses , handouts, exercises, articles, datasets, and other useful links. Collected by Juha Puranen from the Department of Statistics |
| Statistics_In_A_Day A short course in data analysis. A 70 page book designed for a one-day workshop/course in data analysis. A number of versions are available, suitable for different groups of people. Ideas explained i |
| StatNotes__Online_Textbook_in_Statistics Graduate-level text by David Garson of North Carolina State University. Especially well suited for social sciences. |
| STEPS__STatisical_Education_through_Problem_Solving A program for teaching statistics through problem so students will recognize its applications. Free CBL software with modules in pyschology, biology, geography and business. Glossary of statistical te |
| SurfStat_australia Online, introductory statistics course notes. Includes an extensive glossary, interactive exercises, javascript probability tables and some java applet animations. |
| Teach/Me_-_Data_Analysis HTML-based textbook with integrated statistical package and embedded interactive examples allowing the user to experiment with various models and methods. On-line purchase. |
| NYTimes_com_-_The_Odds_of_That Long article discussing examples of happenings which appear at first glance to be related, but are not. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.] (August 11, 2002) |
| Athena_Earth_Sciences_Links Directory of earth science resources by Pierre Perroud. |
| Columbia_Earthscape A resource that aims to select a wide range of topics to be made available for researchers, teachers, students, and decision makers involved in the field. Composed of four main areas: research, educa |
| GeoIndex Internet directory of companies, associations, government, and education sites for the environmental, geology, geotechnical, hydrogeology, mining, and petroleum fields. |
| Geologia_com A portal for earth scientists, including selected Internet links (topics are geophysics, geotechnics, hydrogeology, and GIS) and commercial material. |
| Geologic_Resources Resources for geoscientists, engineers, and other environmental professionals. Includes free resources, software, books, and instruments. |
| Geolor_Earth_Watch Summaries of and links to environmental issues and Earth phenomena. |
| Global_Change_Directory NASA collection of links to internet resources on global change, earth science and environmental data and information. |
| Links_for_Mineralogists Annotated links to internet resources, especially for mineralogists, petrologists, crystallographers,and geologists. |
| Muppetmaster Extensive source of earth science related links, with emphasis on resources appropriate to students. |
| Planet_Science Live information and views on volcanoes, space, solar eclipses, hurricanes and links to live views from around Earth. |
| Wind_and_Sea Atmospheric and oceanic sciences Internet Resource Locator provided by the NOAA Central Library. |
| ARLA_Maschinentechnik_GmbH Specialist in PC supported simulation technology of drive systems and powertrains. |
| Continuously_Variable_Transmission Detailed information with drawings and pictures about various types of alternative transmissions designs. |
| Controlled_Auto_Ignition Cranfield University,UK. Description of research activities. |
| Engine_Systems_Development_Centre_Inc_ A Canadian research center for the development and testing of large bore diesel engines for locomotives and generator sets. Description of research capabilities. |
| ePower_and_Propulsion Web portal for the areas of propulsion and power research, education and directly related topics. With many links and concise explanation of many fluid flow phenomena. |
| Inter-Tech_Energy_Progress,_Inc__(iTEP) Publishes latest developments in engine and fuel technology from Japan. Report cover all areas of engine, fuel, lubrication, and vehicle research, development, and design and environmental study. Desc |
| Jianbo_Lu On his homepage he describes his papers and patents with regard to vehicle dynamics and control, integrated sensing system, control system integration and roll stability control. |
| Marine_Diesels The construction, operation, running and maintenance of large slow speed two and four stroke diesel engines as found in the majority of merchant vessels. An interactive course by the Warsash Maritime |
What is CAST?
CAST
stands for Computer-Assisted Statistics Teaching
and contains several different textbooks that teach statistical methods.
They all take a data-focused approach to the subject and use minimal mathematics.
Unlike conventional textbooks, CAST makes extensive
use of interactive diagrams to help explain the statistical concepts.
Not only do these interactive diagrams help you to understand statistics,
but they also make the ideas more memorable and help to retain interest.
Before starting CAST, you should check that your
computer software is recent enough to run it.
Java check
CAST contains many interactive diagrams
that are written in the Java programming language. Java is also used for
the login procedure. Before starting CAST, check that your computer can
run these Java programs. (In particular, many versions of the Microsoft
Windows operating system do not have adequate Java support.)
Do you see a coloured
rectangle on the left? (It may take a minute to appear.)
If it is green, your computer will run
CAST. If
it is orange, you have a version of Java but it is too old to run CAST.
If a green rectangle does not appear, a more recent
version of Java must be installed.
If you received
CAST on a CD, an installer for a recent version of the Java environment may have
been included on the CD. If you do not see a green rectangle above, you should
run this installer.
Alternatively,
an installer for the most recent Java environment can be downloaded over
the internet. Java was developed by Sun Microsystems and you can install
Java from their main Java web site -- click the button on the right and
follow their installation instructions.
To start CAST
If your browser runs a recent enough version of Java, click the
button on the right to open the login page. You can bookmark the login page
to bypass these checks in future.
