| Statistics and Design |
HyperStat http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html
HyperStat
Online
is
an
introductory-level
hypertext
statistics book. Also comprehensive links to other on line
stat books and links to some stat jokes.
Statistics at square one
http://resources.bmj.com/bmj/readers/statistics-at-square-one/statistics-at-square-one
From BMJ, an on line brief stat text, from
1997. Also see Epidemiology for the uninitiated
http://resources.bmj.com/bmj/readers/epidemiology-for-the-uninitiated/epidemiology-for-the-uninitiated-fourth-edition
Electronic Textbook http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/
Complete on line statistics text book, with many advanced
topics.
PA 765 Statnotes: An Online Textbook,
by G. David Garson http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/PA765/statnote.htm
On line stats book, but with chapters on evaluation,
surveys, sampling, some theoretical frameworks.
Statistics: power from data http://www.statcan.gc.ca/edu/power-pouvoir/toc-tdm/5214718-eng.htm
general on line stat book with chapters about data
collection, processing, problems, presenting, analyzing.
Just Plain Data Analysis http://lilt.ilstu.edu/jpda/
companion to published book, but still has lots of info.
Susan Losh's home page http://mailer.fsu.edu/~slosh/
links to her classes
Intro statistics and data analysis http://mailer.fsu.edu/~slosh/IntroStatsGuide1.html
some basic notes on making tables, univariate, bivariate
and regression analysis.
Multivariate analysis of categorical data http://mailer.fsu.edu/~slosh/CatDataOverview.html
Timeweb http://www.bized.co.uk/timeweb/index.htm
sort of an on line stat text. Main topics include
sections on: Digging for data. Where can you find it? What does it
mean, etc?; Crunching or processing the data; and Polishing
or finishing the data.
A New View of Statistics http://www.sportsci.org/resource/stats/contents.html
all
the
usual
topics,
but
pretty
comprehensive. Another version is here, http://www.sportsci.org/resource/stats/index.html
showing
a
table
of
contents
on
a left panel.
Statistical Good Practice Guidelines -
Overview http://www.reading.ac.uk/ssc/publications/guides.html
Several
booklets
are
available
from
this site, including Concepts Underlying The Design of
Experiments , Confidence and Significance: Key Concepts
of Inferential Statistics , Modern Approaches to the
Analysis of Experimental Data and Modern Methods of
Analysis They are geared toward agricultural
research but seem useful for any social scientist.
Betty Jung's Statistics page http://www.bettycjung.net/Statsites.htm
has
links
to
many
stat
notes,
such as
Stat Primer http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/gerstman/StatPrimer/
an
on
line
public
domain
stat
manual.
The Little Handbook of Statistical Practice http://www.tufts.edu/~gdallal/LHSP.HTM
basic stats to anova and regression.
Experimental design http://www.authorstream.com/User-Presentations/physioactive/
on line lecture slide show. By Chee-Wee Tan. See the show
called week 2 experimental
design.
Understanding Descriptive Statistics http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/mapping/a_statistics.html
just some basic concepts.
CADDIS Volume 4: Data Analysis http://www.epa.gov/caddis/da_tropo.html
basic
concepts,
of
basic
stat and some advanced stat too.
Handbook of biological statistics http://udel.edu/~mcdonald/statintro.html
for
biology
but
much is applicable to any field.
Specific
topics
or lists of links
click here to
return to methods page
Methods for evaluating area-wide and organisation-based
interventions in health and health care: a systematic review
1999. http://www.hta.ac.uk/execsumm/summ305.htm
This report describes a systematic review of methods for
evaluating cluster-based interventions. It also evaluates
existing practice in healthcare evaluation. It is also a
handbook for design.
Design, validity, Randomized
Control Trials (RCT)
click here to
return to methods page
See our pamphlet on experimental design http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/BasicguidesHandouts.html
establishing cause
Statsoft has a chapter on experimental design http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/
Research Methods Knowledge Base, chapter on design http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/design.htm
Allpsych on line texts http://allpsych.com/onlinetexts.html
the
research
methods
text
is
mainly
about design. Also has an on line text on stats. For example,
this http://allpsych.com/researchmethods/quasiexperimentaldesign.html
is
a
brief
overview
of
quasi
experimental design.
Government of Canada Human Resources lists this: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/cs/sp/sdc/evaluation/sp-ah053e/page00.shtml
Quasi-Experimental Evaluation
Statnotes http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/PA765/design.htm
has this brief overview.
Threat to validity http://psych.athabascau.ca/html/Validity/
overview
of
threats
to
validity.
See
part 1.
Research Design Lessons http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/DesignLessons.htm
lectures in word.
This Research Methods class http://www.csulb.edu/~msaintg/ppa696/696menu.htm
has
chapters
on
experimental
and
quasi
experimental design
Johnson's educational research book http://www.southalabama.edu/coe/bset/johnson/dr_johnson/2lectures.htm
has
chapters
(9
and
10)
that
cover experimental and quasi experimental design. These chapters
are fairly detailed.
Propensity Score Analysis
Urban institute paper http://www.urban.org/toolkit/data-methods/propensity.cfm
explanation
of
what
it
is
and
non technical overview of how to do it.
Robert Pruzek's page http://propensityscoreanalysis.pbworks.com/w/page/19358742/FrontPage
has papers and presentations about psa
A Comparison of Propensity Score Analysis to Analysis of
Covariance: A Case Illustration http://works.bepress.com/john_fraas/25/
paper
by
Fraas,
explaining
PSA,
and
some how to do it.
Reducing the Impact of Selection Bias with Propensity
Scores http://www.chrp.org/propensity/
some
slides
from
a
class,
some
on what it is, some on how to.
Papers by Rajeev Dehejia http://www.nber.org/~rdehejia/cvindex.htm
one
paper
from
2005
is
"Practical
Propensity Score Matching" and another from 2002 is "Propensity
Score Matching Methods for Non-Experimental Causal Studies"
The propensity score and estimation in nonrandom surveys - an
overview http://websm.org/uploadi/editor/113518957711.pdf
Stig Danielsson, Department of Statistics, University of
Linköping. This paper is about weighting and websurveys.
Propensity score analysis: a new method for analysing register
data http://www.escardio.org/congresses/europrevent2006/Pages/resources.aspx
presentation
by
T.
Kurth.
A
few
slides explain what PSA is.
The case against null hypothesis
significance testing.
The Case Against Null Hypothesis Significance Testing: Flaws,
Alternatives, and Action Plans http://meeting.aomonline.org/2007/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=147&Itemid=1
"The purpose of this workshop is to increase the awareness
among management researchers of the severe limitations of Null
Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST) and to introduce
alternative approaches based on effect size measures and
confidence intervals." At an Academy of Management annual
meeting. Presented by William H. Starbuck, Jose M. Cortina and
Eric Abrahamson.