Teaching statistics can be a stochastic nightmare, but all of those dark clouds will part as users make their way through the fine resources offered on this site. The Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR) is based at UCLA, and their site includes online aids for probability and statistics education, including such handy tools as interactive applets, computational and graphing tools, and...

Before entering the main portion of this interactive introduction to statistics, visitors will have to answer a few quick questions on polls. It's actually a bit fun, and it serves as a nice introduction to the site. Once visitors are in the main site, they will get the opportunity to learn about statistics through the lens of a mock election. The site contains areas such as "How Random is...

Statistics is a subject for all seasons and years, but 2013 is the International Year of Statistics, a designation supported by almost 1,850 organizations. The primary movers behind this noble activity include the American Statistical Association, the International Biometric Society, and the Royal Statistical Society. The goal of this initiative is to promote "the importance of statistics to the...

Some games are so legendary sports fans wish to relive them for years to come. "Tottenham vs Man United, Premier League 2018-19," allows soccer fans to do just that, with a statistical twist. The data visualization project memorializes the January 13, 2019 game between Tottenham and Manchester United soccer clubs with an in-depth analysis of each team's plays, shot attempts, and goals, broken down...

For Twitter users, this handy application is a great way to get detailed and visual analytics on their tweets, and for that matter, anyone else's tweets. Visitors can use the application to browse, search, filter, and get insights on the people they follow, along with backing up their own tweets for future reference. Also, the application allows visitors to browse, search, and filter their lists....

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) works on a range of initiatives to promote the work of farmers markets, organic agriculture, and other aspects of farm culture and production throughout the United States. A quick glance through the materials offers visitors access to their fact sheets, local food marketing initiatives, and the Foreign Agricultural Service. This last area is...

The National Survey of Family Growth Survey Methodology Paper Series "includes pre-publication reports and published articles on research conducted by affiliates of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan." On this site, visitors and public policy types can scan through these past papers at their leisure. The series is partially supported by a contract with the U.S....

Web Interface for Statistics Education (WISE) is a project out of the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University, which "aims to develop an on-line teaching tool to take advantage of the unique hypertextual and presentational benefits of the World Wide Web (WWW)." The tool is intended to serve as a supplement to traditional teaching materials and to assist...

This empirical research study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology in October 2018 examined why approximately three-quarters of people (on average) reached incorrect answers when presented with statistical reasoning problems using natural frequencies, despite this format being ostensibly more intuitive than probability format. Through their experimental study focusing on cognitive...