Statistics Resources

U.S. Demographic and Statistical Information

2007 Washington State Data Book

http://www.ofm.wa.gov/databook/

The 2006 U.S. Census Bureau Statistical Abstract (National Data Book)

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

FedStats (The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies)

http://www.fedstats.gov/

Statistics

Gallery of Distributions

http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section3/eda366.htm

Distribution Tables

http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/sttable.html

Sampling Distributions (standard error and Central Limit Theorem)

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/stat_sim/sampling_dist/index.html

Statistics Every Writer Should Know: A simple guide to understanding basic statistics, for journalists and other writers who might not know math.

http://www.robertniles.com/stats/

Statistical Significance

http://www.statpac.com/surveys/statistical-significance.htm

Tables

U.S. Population 1790-2000

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h980.html

U.S. Population, Land Area and Density, 1790-2000

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h986.html

Depression Era Employment Statistics

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1528.html

Graphics and Maps

A Graphic Look at the World

http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/earth/index.php

Mapping Techniques

On the first map of presidential election results, the size of each state is adjusted for population size.  The next map looks at the Electoral College, and there are more. 
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/

 The second URL shows other examples of the same mapping technique.  http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/the-atlas-of-the-real-world/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/3109042/The-Atlas-of-the-Real-World.html

Statistics and Calculus

http://people.hofstra.edu/Stefan_Waner/Cprob/Cprobintro.html

Statistical Tests

Chi-Square

http://math.hws.edu/javamath/ryan/ChiSquare.html

T-Test

http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/stat_t.htm

Multiple Regression

http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stmulreg.html

Factor Analysis

http://www.psych.cornell.edu/Darlington/factor.htm

Statistical Resources

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

Exercises and Tutorials

Exercises for students

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/stat_sim/sampling_dist/index.html

Elementary Statistics Tutorial Page

http://mail.pittstate.edu/~winters/tutorial/

Instructor Resources:

Karl Wuensch's Statistics Lessons (East Carolina University)

http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/StatsLessons.htm

Elementary Statistics Syllabus

http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/syllabi/f08/201syl.htm

NEP Scale

http://www.prenhall.com/divisions/hss/app/social/addchap9.html

Survey Monkey

http://www.surveymonkey.com/

Statcrunch

http://www.statcrunch.com/

Online Statistics Textbooks

HyperStat Online Statistics Textbook

http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/

Elementary Concepts in Statistics

http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/esc.html

Statistics Software

R Statistics (Open source program)

http://www.r-project.org/

Statistics Using R tutorial

http://www.math.ilstu.edu/dhkim/Rstuff/Rtutor.html

The Great Depression Facts

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usaweb/factfile/Unique-facts-USA10.htm

Date: October 29, 1929 to 1941

Total U.S. Population: 122.8 million (*299,398,484)

Life expectancy: 59 yrs

Average annual income: $750

Unemployed: 3.2 million

President: Herbert Hoover (1929–1933), Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933 - 1945)

*2006 estimate