Links to Data
There are lots of sources out here, so we won't try to reinvent the wheel.
What we can do is help each other sift through this information
and give specific examples of how to use this data
to better teach statistics.
I think it would be helpful for this smallish group to share examples
we have actually used in class with comments helpful for others
who might like to try out these ideas.
Most of these links are here after an afternoon's search.
I may have easily left out better examples.
Please let me know of good links you know
that I have missed or ignored.
Datasets with Description for Classroom Use
The first collection of links points to places where datasets
and examples of how this data was used to teach are presented.
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DASL (Data And Story Library),
part of StatLib,
is a wonderful collection of datasets and documentation (stories)
that can be searched by subject and statistical method.
Each story and dataset is cross-referenced to stories and datasets
in related subjects or using related methods.
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The Journal of Statistics Education maintains datasets with
helpful pedagogical documentation.
Many of the articles published there give very extensive explanation
of how to use datasets in class.
Perhaps it would be useful to link to these directly?
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The Chance Database also gives descriptions of how to use data in class.
Archived Data and Other Links
Here are sources of archived data,
and links to other lists which are much more extensive than this one.
- StatLib datasets.
- Robin Lock,
a professor at St. Lawrence University maintains a great starting point
for data surfing.
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Mike Meyer,
a statistician at CMU maintains an extensive annotated list to sources
of data on the Internet.
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Dr. B's World Wide Web of Data contains a large collection of links
to interesting data,
sorted by subject area,
with helpful description of the contents of each link.
Examples from Great Lakes Isolated Statisticians
Do you have examples you've used in class
that you'd like to share?
These don't have to be original.
There are multitudes of potential ideas out there on the Web,
and this page gives links to many.
It takes time to search this information for good examples,
even with helpful pointers.
It would be greatly helpful to share with each other good ideas
that we've actually tried,
resulting in a much smaller set of ideas to consider first.
(This is an area where my own teaching has been inadequate.
I need some help for ideas here!)
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Last modified: May 22, 1996
Bret Larget,
larget@mathcs.duq.edu