First steps
These resources are designed to help you refresh your knowledge or get going with statistics for the first time.
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| Video | Written Resouce | Exercise | |
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Types of data |
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| Introduction | MASH guide to types of data | Online exercises | |
Mean, median and mode |
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| Mean, median and mode from lists | Maths Centre guide | ||
| Frequency Tables and Grouped Data |
Calculating the mean from tables Calculating the mean (grouped data) |
Maths Centre guide | |
Measures of spread |
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| Range and interquartile range |
Range (includes exercises) |
Online exercises | |
| Introduction to standard deviation | Practice problems | ||
Data display |
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| Data display principles |
Online Exercise - Interpreting a table |
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| Bar Charts | Corbett Maths exercise | ||
| Histograms | |||
| Pie charts | Corbett Maths exercises | ||
| Scatter graphs | Making a Scatter Graph | Corbett Maths exercises | |
| Boxplots |
Online Exercise (Drawing) Online Exercise (Interpreting) |
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| Line graphs | Corbett Maths exercises | ||
Contingency tables |
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| Introduction | Corbett Maths exercises | ||
Normal Distribution |
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| Introduction | Webpage | ||
Confidence intervals |
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| Introduction | Stat Book webpage | ||
Skew |
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| An introduction to skew | Khan Academy exercises |
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