Intro to Statistics: Resources

Section	Name	Description
Module 1: Lesson 1: Research, The Scientific Method, and the Role of Statistics in the Health Care Field	Fundamentals of The Scientific Approach	Read from Pages 3-6: Defining Science to Pages 3-18: Common Sense and Science. (30 minutes) University of Central Arkansas - 2013
	What is Ethics in Research and Why is it Important?	Read the entire page. (22 minutes) US Government; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - 2021

Module 1: Lesson 2: Data, Variables, Populations, Samples, and Measurement	Data and Variables	Watch the entire video. (18 minutes) 2023
	Definitions, Uses, Data Types, and Levels of Measurement	Click on and Read the "Types of Data" section. (10 minutes) Andrews College - 2019
	1.2 Samples & Populations	Read entire page. (2 minutes) Penn State Eberly College of Science - 2022
	Levels of Measurement	Read the Entire Page: Levels of Measurement, and try the set of six questions at the bottom of the page. (10 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Notes on Measurement Error	Read from beginning up to the end of section titled 'We Can Not Avoid Them'. (6 minutes) University of Oregon - 2017
	Practices of Science: Precision vs. Accuracy	Read entire page. (6 minutes) University of Hawaii - 2022
	Reliability and Validity of Measurement	Read entire page. (13 minutes) Washington State University - 2022

Module 1: Lesson 3: Research Design and Data Collection	Data Sources	Read entire page. (3 minutes) Australian Bureau of Statistics - 2022
	Data Collection Methods	Read entire page. (10 minutes) Australian Bureau of Statistics - 2022
	Variables in Research	Read Entire page. (10 minutes) Samarpan Institute of Nursing Sciences - 2013
	Generating Good Research Questions	Read entire page and watch included video. (14 minutes) Research Methods in Psychology - 2015

Module 1: Lesson 4: Randomization and Sampling	Elements of Research	Read entire page. (2 minutes) San Diego State University - 2021
	Elements of Research	Read entire page. (2 minutes) San Diego State University - 2021
	Chapter 7: Sampling Techniques	Read up to the end of page 14. (30 minutes) University of Central Arkansas - 2013

Module 2: Lesson 1: Displaying Univariate Data	Graphing Qualititative Variables	Read entire page. (7 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Graphing Qualititative Variables - Graphic Distribution (Video)	Watch the entire video. (7 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Dot Plots	Read the entire page. (3 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Stem and Leaf Displays	Read entire page. (9 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Graphing Distributions - Stem and Leaf Displays (Video)	Watch entire video. (9 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Histograms	Read the entire page. (7 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Graphing Distributions - Histograms (Video)	Watch the entire video. (6 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Creating a Frequency Table and its Graphs	Watch entire video. (23 minutes) 2023

Module 2: Lesson 2: Displaying Bivariate Data	Scatter Plot	Read entire page. (6 minutes) Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2021
	Line Graphs	Read entire page. (4 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Graphing Distributions - Line Graphs (Video)	Watch entire video. (5 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Run charts	Read entire page. (4 minutes) Clinical Excellence Commission, Govt. of Australia - 2022
	Graphing of Bivariate Data 1	Watch entire Video. (18 minutes) 2023

Module 2: Lesson 3: Communicating and Interpreting the Results of Graphical Statistical Analysis	Comunicating Clearly with Graphs and Charts	Read Up to and including Page 19. (20 minutes) State of Washington Government - 2017
	How to Interpret Scientific and Statistical Graphs	Read entire page. (13 minutes) Vanderbilt University, Dept of Biostatistics - 2021

Module 3: Lesson 1: Measures of Central Tendency	What is Central Tendency?	Read entire page. (12 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Summarizing Distributions - What is Central Tendency (Video)	Watch the entire video. (11 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Measures of Central Tendency	Read entire page and do the set of five (5) questions at the bottom of the page. (10 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Measures of Central Tendency (Video)	Watch the entire video. (21 minutes) 2023
	Mean vs. Median: What do they mean and when do you use them?	Read entire page. (3 minutes) Michigan State University - 2016

Module 3: Lesson 2: Measures of Dispersion	Measures of Variability	Read entire page. (7 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Graphing Distributions - Measures of Variability (Video)	Watch entire video. (7 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Variance Demonstration	Watch all 4 slides. (3 minutes) Rice University - 2021

Module 3: Lesson 3: Measures of Position	1.5.2 - Measures of Position	Read entire page. (7 minutes) Penn State University, Eberly College of Science - 2022
	Z-scores: Location of scores and standardized distributions	Watch all slides. (20 minutes) Cal State University, Northridge - 2021
	Normalizing Data	Read entire page. (6 minutes) University of Texas at Dallas - 2022

Module 3: Lesson 4: Using Boxplots to Summarize Datasets	Box Plots	Read entire Page and answer questions at the bottom of the page. (11 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Graphing Distributions - Box Plots (Video)	Watch entire video. (8 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Adjusted Box Plots, Grouped Mean and Variance (Video)	Watch entire video. (18 minutes)

Module 3: Lesson 5: Extra Topics on Describing Data	Basic terminology	Read the page to the end of 'Samples and Statistics' section. (5 minutes) Penn State University - 2022
	Measures of Shape: Skewness and Kurtosis	Read entire page, paying more attention to the concepts than to the formulas. (8 minutes) Mustansiriyah University - 2021
	2.7: Skewness and the Mean, Median, and Mode	Read entire page. (7 minutes) UC Davis - 2022
	Misleading Graphs and Statistics	Read entire page. (10 minutes) Arkansas Tech University - 2021
	Bivariate Data 2 (Video)	Watch entire video. (10 minutes)
	Control Chart	Read entire page. (8 minutes) (ASQ) American Society for Quality - 2022

Module 4: Lesson 1: Counting Rules	The Fundamental Counting Principle	Read entire page. (25 minutes) Dux College, Australia - 2022

Module 4: Lesson 2: Probability Basics	Probability	Read entire page. (4 minutes) Institute for Work and Health - 2010
	Basic Probability Rules	Read entire page and watch the video included. (25 minutes) University of Florida - 2022
	Conditional Probability and Independence	Read the entire page. (25 minutes)
	Conditional Probability and Independence (Video)	Watch entire video. (5 minutes) Khan Academy - 2022
	General Multiplication Rule	Read entire page. (25 minutes) University of Florida - 2022
	Bayes’ Rule for Clinicians: An Introduction	Read entire page. (32 minutes) NIH - National Library of Medicine - 2021
	Evaluating Screening Tests	Read entire page. (10 minutes) Boston University School of Public Health - 2021
	Probabilities with Contingency Tables	Watch entire Video. (24 minutes) 2023

Module 4: Lesson 3: Random Variables	Random Variables	Read the entire page and watch the included video. (17 minutes) University of Florida - 2022
	Anatomy of a Random Variable	Watch the entire video. (23 minutes)

Module 4: Lesson 4: Discrete Random Variables and Discrete Distributions of Random Variables	Discrete Random Variables	Read the entire page and watch the included video. (26 minutes) University of Florida - 2022
	Binomial Random Variables	Read the entire page and watch the included video. (22 minutes)
	The Poisson Distribution	Read the entire page and watch the two short videos included. (15 minutes) Penn State University - 2021
	Finding Poisson Probabilities	Read the entire page and watch the two short videos included. (13 minutes)

Module 4: Lesson 5: Continuous Random Variables and the Normal Distribution	Continuous Random Variables	Read the entire page and watch the included video. (17 minutes) Florida State University - 2022
	Normal Random Variables	Read the entire page and watch the included video. (20 minutes) Florida State University - 2022
	The Sandard Normal Distribution	Read the entire page and watch the included video. (24 minutes) Florida State University - 2022

Module 5: Lesson 1: Sampling Variablilty	Sample Variablility and Sampling Distributions	Read entire Page and watch included video. (16 minutes) University of Bristol - 2021

Module 5: Lesson 2: Sampling Distributions	Introduction to sampling distributions	Watch entire Video. (10 minutes) Khan Academy - 2022

Module 5: Lesson 3: The Central Limit Theorem	The Central Limit Theorem	Watch entire Video. (10 minutes) Khan Academy - 2022
	Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean, x-bar	Read entire page. (20 minutes) Florida state University - 2022

Module 6: Lesson 1: Estimation	Confidence Intervals Introduction	Read entire page: Confidence Intervals Introduction and watch accompanying video. (24 minutes) Rice University - 2021

Module 6: Lesson 2: Confidence Intervals on Single Means and Proportions	Confidence Interval on the Mean	Read entire page and watch accompanying video: Confidence Interval on the Mean. (18 minutes) 2021
	Proportion	Read entire page: Confidence Intervals for Proportions and watch accompanying video. (11 minutes)

Module 6: Lesson 3: Confidence Intervals on Differences of Two Means and Proportions	Confidence Interval for Two Independent Samples, Continuous Outcome	Read entire Page. (20 minutes) Bistibn University School of Public Health - 2021
	Confidence Interval for Two Independent Samples, Dichotomous Outcome	(13 minutes) Bistibn University School of Public Health - 2021

Module 7: Lesson 1: The Basics of Hypothesis Testing	Introduction: The Logic of Hypothesis Testing	Read entire page: Introduction to Hypothesis Testing. (8 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	The Logic of Hypothesis Testing - Introduction (Video)	Watch the video: Introduction to Hypothesis Testing. (11 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	The Elements of Hypothesis Testing	Read entire page - Section 8.1: Elements of Hypothesis Testing. (15 minutes) LibreTexts - UC Davis - 2022
	Significance Testing	Read entire page: Significance Testing. (6 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	The Logic of Hypothesis Testing: Significance Testing (Video)	Watch video: Significance Testing. (6 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Type I and Type II Errors	Read entire page: Type I and Type II Errors. (5 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	The Logic of Hypothesis Testing: Type I and Type II Errors (Video)	Watch video: Type I and Type II Errors. (8 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	One- and Two-Tailed Tests	Read entire page: One- and Two-Tailed Tests. (5 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	The Logic of Hypothesis Testing: One- and Two-Tailed Tests (Video)	Watch the video: One- and Two-Tailed Tests. (6 minutes) Rice University - 2021

Module 7: Lesson 2: Hypothesis Testing of the Population Mean and Proportion	8.2: Large Sample Tests for a Population Mean	Read entire Page - Section 8.2: Largel Sample Test for the Mean. (20 minutes) LibreBooks -UC Davis - 2022
	8.4: Small Sample Tests for a Population Mean	Read Entire Page - Section 8.4: Small Sample Test for the Mean. (20 minutes) LibreBooks -UC Davis - 2022
	8.5: Large Sample Tests for a Population Proportion	Read entire page - Section 8.5: Large Sample Test for the Population Proportion. (25 minutes) LibreBooks -UC Davis - 2022

Module 7: Lesson 3: Testing Two Samples	9.1: Comparison of Two Population Means- Large, Independent Samples	Read entire page - Section 9.1: Comparison of Two Population Means - Large, Independent samples. (20 minutes) LibreBooks -UC Davis - 2022
	9.3: Comparison of Two Population Means - Paired Samples	Read entire page - Section 9.3: Comparison of two population means, Paired Samples. (25 minutes) LibreBooks -UC Davis - 2022
	9.4: Comparison of Two Population Proportions	Read entire page - Section 9.4: Comparison of Two Population Proportions. (20 minutes) LibreBooks -UC Davis - 2022

Module 7: Lesson 4: Testing with Categorical Variables	The Chi-Square Distribution	Read entire page: The Chi-Square Distribution. (5 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	The Chi-Square Distribution (Video)	Watch the video: Chi-Square Distribution. (3 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	The Chi-Square Test for Independence	Read entire page: Section - 11.3: Chi Square Test for Independence. (6 minutes) Eberly College of Science, Penn State University - 2022
	11.3.1 - Example: Gender and Online Learning	Read entire page: Worked example. (8 minutes) Eberly College of Science, Penn State University - 2022
	The Chi-Square Test for Independence (Video)	Watch the entire lecture video. (27 minutes)
	11.2 - Goodness of Fit Test	Read entire page: Section - 11.2: Chi Square Goodness-of-Fit Test. (7 minutes) Eberly College of Science, Penn State University - 2022
	11.2.1 - Five Step Hypothesis Testing Procedure	Read entire page - Section 11.2.1 -Five-Step Procedure. (7 minutes) Eberly College of Science, Penn State University - 2022
	11.2.1.1 - Video: Cupcakes (Equal Proportions)	Watch video. (7 minutes) Eberly College of Science, Penn State University - 2022
	11.2.1.2- Cards (Equal Proportions)	Read entire page. (9 minutes) Eberly College of Science, Penn State University - 2022

Module 8: Lesson 1: Linear Correlation	Correlation and causation	Read entire page. (3 minutes) Social and Public Health Unit, University of Glasgow - 2022
	Scatterplots and Correlation	Read Entire section - Scatterplots and Correlation. (18 minutes) University of West Georgia - 2021
	Correlation and Simple linear Regession	Read up to the end of Linear Correlation Coefficient (before Simple Linear Regression). (25 minutes) Milne Library, SUNY at Genesco - 2022
	What is the difference between coefficient of determination, and coefficient of correlation?	Read entire page. (3 minutes) University of Wisconsin, Green Bay - 2022
	12.5: Testing the Significance of the Correlation Coefficient	Read entire page. (27 minutes) LibeTexts, UC Davis - 2022

Module 8: Lesson 2: The Basics of Linear Regression	Introduction to Linear Regression	Read entire page. (8 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	Intro to Regression (Video)	Watch the entire video. (5 minutes) Rice University - 2021
	What is Simple Linear Regression?	Read entire page. (5 minutes) Penn State, Elberly College - 2020
	Applied Regression Analysis - Lesson 9.1: The Distinction Between Outliers and High Leverge Observations	Read entire page. (35 minutes) Penn State University, Eberly College of Science

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