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This page contains various tools that may be helpful. All
these tools are web-accessible and are freely available for use.
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Chance Demonstrations.
Coincidence (Runs, Clusters, Birthday problem), Four Envelope problem, Law of Very Large Numbers
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Surveys: These help people evaluate their strengths
and opportunities for improvement in various aspects of
statistical literacy
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Standardizing: Using
graphs, these web programs show users
the impact of controlling for a related factor.
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Grammar Drills: This web program helps users develop
their skills in using ordinary English to describe and compare
rates and percentages as presented in pie charts, in statements,
in tables and in graphs. The author of this
cutting-edge program (Tom Burnham) is shown above.
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Part-whole drill: This web program helps users
develop their skills in identify the part and whole in
statements, tables and graphs.
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Ocysseys2sense: A lively game
of civil discourse.
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Create Pivot Tables for Counts,
Averages and Percentages:
Excel
2008/2010 or
Excel 2003
Run hypothesis tests:
Single Population:
Z.TEST function
for Excel 2008;
Two populations:
T.TEST function
for Excel 2008 - 6up; and
T.TEST function
for Excel 2008 - 1up.
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| 1. CHANCE-COINCIDENCE DEMONSTRATIONS:
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2. SURVEYS:
This web site contains several surveys along with results from
various groups.
- Five Table survey. This short survey (~7 minutes) asks
respondent which statements accurately describe the circled
percentage in five different tables. This survey is available in
a
web
version with immediate grading and feedback on errors, and
in a
paper version.
- 2008
Statistical Literacy Skills Survey (20 Questions).
This survey was based on the longer 2002 W. M. Keck Statistical
Literacy Survey. For details on the construction of
this instrument, see Schield
(2008) titled "Statistical Literacy Skills Survey."
- 2002 W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Survey. This very
long survey (~50 minutes) is available in Perseus-powered
web
version that acquires the data but gives no interactive
feedback, and in a
paper
version. The
results and
analysis of this survey are also available.
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3.
STANDARDIZING:
Standardizing is a new graphical technique for taking into account
the influence of a related factor.
This site contains several articles on confounding, standardization
and Simpson's Paradox.
Here are two web-based interactive Excel
programs that demonstrate standardization.
For a broader mathematical background on Simpson's paradox, see
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5. RATIO GRAMMAR WRITING DRILL:
This web site contains an web interactive
Ratio Grammar Writing Drill program that helps users develop their skills in
writing -- in writing ordinary English statements to describe and compare rates and percentages
as presented in pie charts, statements, tables and graphs.
This cutting-edge program was developed under the W. M. Keck
Statistical Literacy Project. This program works with Microsoft Internet Explorer (Problems have
been reported by the Mozilla Firefox).
Video demo, PowerPoint demo with audio, or
PowerPoint slidesThe following
documentation is available.
Capella University is using an
older version of this
program.
6. Odysseys2Sense: a
game of lively discourse.
Website
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