Methodology
Psychology
Res. Tools
Software
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- Meta Sites with Extensive Links
- Interactive Sites
- On-Line Texts
- On-Line Statistics Courses
- Data Sets
- Power Analysis
- Survey Research
- Miscellaneous Methodology Sites
The following sites contain extensive collections of a wide array of statistics and methodology resources:
- Statistics on the Web (Clay Helberg)
- Social Research & Statistical Links (University of Southern Indiana, Sociology Department)
- The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Statistics (University of Florida, Department of Statistics)
- Research Methods and Statistics Links (Social Psychology Network)
- Research Methodology and Statistics (University of Amsterdam, Sociology Department)
- Internet Statistics Resources (University of Texas, Information Technology Services)
- Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan Library)
- Netlib (repository of mathematical software, papers, and databases)
- Statistics.com (Research Statistics and Statistical Analysis Directory)
- Online statistical teaching materials, courses, handouts, exercises, articles, datasets (University of Helsinki, Juha Puranen, Department of Statistics)
- Mathematics Archives - Statistics
- Social Science Information Gateway - Statistics (United Kingdom)
- StatLib (Carnegie Mellon University)
- St@tServ
Increasingly, there are statistical sites on the Internet that are interactive. Included among these sites are those that offer simulations and demonstrations of various statistics. Others provide data sets and the ability to generate data plots and statistics. Still others enable one to enter one's own data and conduct analyses on-line. Some sample sites include:
- Interactive Statistical Calculation Pages
- Simulations & Demos
- Interesting JAVA Applets
- Simple Interactive Statistical Analysis
- Globally Accessible Statistical Procedures
- StatCrunch
- Research Randomizer
- Guessing Correlations
- Regression Applet
- Correlation Coefficient
- Putting Points for Correlation Coefficient
Texts and excerpts devoted to statistical and methodological issues are also available. For example:
- Electronic Statistics Textbook
- SurfStat Online Textbook
- HyperStat
- Introductory Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications
- Research Methods Knowledge Base
- Data Analysis BriefBook
- Exploring Data
- A New View of Statistics
- Statistics at Square One
- Little Handbook of Statistical Practice
- SticiGui: Online Text
- Internet Glossary of Statistical Terms
- Exploratory Factor Analysis
- Multivariate Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications
Data Sets:
The Internet offers a wealth of data that can be readily accessed. Below are some sites that contain lists and links to many different types of data sets.
- Chance News
- Journal of Statistics Education Data Archive
- StatLib---Datasets Archive
- UCLA Data Sets
- Data and Story Library
- Data Surfing on the World Wide Web
- Dr. B's Wide World of Web Data
- SSDC, Data on the Net
- Electronic Dataset Service
- Social Science Data Archives
- Census Bureau
- Finding Data on the Internet
- Statistical Reference Datasets: Archives
- United States Historical Census Data Browser
The following power analysis resources include sites that describe available programs as well as interactive sites for sample size and power calculations. Keep in mind that the interactive sites are geared primarily to very simple designs and analyses (e.g., t-test, oneway ANOVA):
- Power & Precision
- G*Power
- Power Analysis for ANOVA Designs
- Power Calculator
- Simple Interactive Statistical Analysis (Sample size calculation)
- UnifyPow: A SAS Module/Macro for Sample-Size Analysis
- ESCI - Exploratory Software for Confidence Intervals
- Survey Research Methods Section of ASA
- National Opinion Research Center (NORC) (University of Chicago)
- Public Opinion Polls & Surveys
- Centre for Applied Social Surveys
- Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (University of Connecticut)
- Survey Research Center (University of Michigan)
- Social Sciences Data Collection (University of California, San Diego)
- Centre for Multilevel Modelling
- UCLA Statistics Pages
- Research Methods Web
- Ed Rigdon's SEM FAQ
- Greek Letters and Symbols
- Computer Simulations for Research Design
- Gallery of Data Visualization
- Statistics Every Writer Should Know
- STATS
- Publishing Educational Research: Guidelines and Tips
- Online Evaluation Resource Library
- Poly-Cy Guide to Internet Resources for Political Science - Research Methodology and Statistics
