This is the web site for the course Statistics
and Data Analysis (COR1-GB.1305 [B01.1305]), taught by Jeffrey Simonoff. The syllabus
for the course can be viewed here (a more complete version of the syllabus can be found here).
A class-by-class calendar for this course can be viewed here.
The calendar will be updated after each class.
Portable document format (pdf) versions of class handouts can be obtained
here.
To read these files, you will need to have a pdf reader on your computer.
You can obtain one for free by clicking here.
Here is a link
to some interesting statistical Java applets that I use in class.
These are the data files for the course.
Files from
the "js" directory
Click here
for links to data sources on the World Wide Web.
Click here
for a file giving types and sources of data that students have used for
data analyses in my Regression
and Multivariate Data Analysis class.
Click here to go to the Minitab web
site. This site includes information on free maintenance updates to the
software and tutorials on using Minitab.
Click here
for a handout written by Professor Bill Greene on how to access Minitab via the Citrix site
license server.
If you would like a quick refresher on statistical ideas and methods, this short
video might help.
Click here
for a link to an excellent paper on the application of statistical
methods
to real problems. The paper refers specifically to psychology problems,
but the advice is applicable to any field. The full citation of the article
is Wilkinson, L., & Task Force on Statistical Inference. (1999).
"Statistical methods in psychology journals: Guidelines and explanations."
American Psychologist, 54, 594-604. The paper is freely
available at NYU or using an NYU proxy from a non-NYU machine, as the
university has a subscription to the journal.
Click
to go to my homepage
Click here
to submit anonymous feedback to me.
jsimonof@stern.nyu.edu
Click on the image above to send me e-mail.