List of basic statistics topics

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Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. It is applicable to a wide variety of academic disciplines, from the physical and social sciences to the humanities; it is also used and misused for making informed decisions in all areas of business and government.

The following list of topics is provided as an overview of and introduction to statistics:

Contents 1 Basic statistics concepts 2 See also 3 References 4 External links 4.1 General sites and organizations 4.2 Online courses and textbooks 4.3 Other resources

[edit] Basic statistics concepts

ANOVA binomial distribution chi-square distribution combinatorics data degrees of freedom (statistics) descriptive statistics errors and residuals in statistics experimental design frequency distribution table histogram inferential statistics mean median mode modeling

Monte Carlo method normal distribution probability probability distribution random variable Regression toward the mean sampling sampling bias sampling distribution simulation standard deviation statistical survey t-distribution time-series analysis variance

[edit] See also

• List of statisticians
• List of statistics topics
• Statistics
• Glossary of probability and statistics
• Notation in probability and statistics

[edit] References

• Salsburg, David, The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century, 2001, ISBN 0-7167-4106-7

[edit] External links

[edit] General sites and organizations

• American Statistical Association
• Free Statistics (free and open source software, data and tutorials)
• International Statistical Institute
• Probability Web
• StatSci.org: Statistical Science Web
• Statistics Glossary - and other teaching and learning resources
• Statistical Agencies (International)
• Statlib: Data, Software and News from the Statistics Community (Carnegie Mellon)
• StatPages.net (statistical calculations, free software, etc.)

[edit] Online courses and textbooks

• "A New View of Statistics" by Will G. Hopkins
• Electronic Statistics Textbook (StatSoft,Inc., The Statistics Homepage)
• HyperStat Online: An Introductory Statistics Textbook and Online Tutorial for Help in Statistics Courses (David Lane)
• NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods
• Statnotes: Topics in Multivariate Analysis, by G. David Garson
• stats4students.com: Introductory guides to understanding & calculating statistics
• "The Little Handbook of Statistical Practice" by Dr. Gerard E. Dallal, Tufts University.

[edit] Other resources

• Disputes in statistical analyses a single-page review (PDF).
• Resampling: A Marriage of Computers and Statistics (ERIC Digests)
• Resources for Teaching and Learning about Probability and Statistics (ERIC Digests)
• Software Reports (by the International Association for Statistical Computing)
• Statistical glossary