Teaching and Learning Resources

There are many resources provided free of charge on the internet that are of use to statisticians, both for those studying the field and those teaching. Below we present some of those which we can recommend.

Teaching Seminars

We hold regular teaching and learning seminars, many of them containing useful links to resources or details of new teaching methodology. See below for details.

• Novel Strategies for Statistics Teaching
• Statistics Service Course Innovation
• Use of Technology in Teaching Statistics
• Problem Based Learning
• Special Lectures

Online Texts, Notes and Courses

• E-Learning at the Postgraduate Statistics Centre

A selection of free to follow courses based on our short courses programme. Including SPSS and Generalised Linear Models. Registration required.

• Introduction to Statistics

A four part introduction to statistics suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

• Hyperstat

An online tutorial with 18 lessons covering basic topics.

• CAST

CAST stands for Computer-Assisted Statistics Teaching and contains several different textbooks that teach statistical methods. They all take a data-focused approach to the subject and use minimal mathematics.

• Introductory Statistics

Concepts, Models, and Applications by David W. Stockburger, David Stocksburger’s list of resources of all types of statistical resource.

• SurfStat Australia

An online stats course with a collection of Java applets to work with different stats procedures.

• History of Statistics

Portraits and Bibliographies of Statisticians from the University of York. Timeline of contributions to Statistics.

Calculators

• Getting P-Values online!

http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/Service/Statistics.html

• Statistical Calculators page to draw stuff in different ways and generates tables of random numbers

http://www.stat.ucla.edu/calculators/

Teaching Projects

The PSC Teaching Project scheme has produced a number of resources and publications useful for teaching.

• Lecture Recording

You can read more about these on our Teaching Projects page.

Online Teaching Materials

This is a collection of high quality free online materials that can be used in teaching statistics. See also the student resources page for other collections of notes, demonstrations, applets etc.

• Online and interactive tools for designing experiments, collecting data and setting assessments.
• Collections of free datasets and worksheets.

For staff at Lancaster university see also:

• the interactive features offered by the LU VLE (Virtual Learning Environment)
• Questionmark Perception for online quizzes, tests and feedback, instructions here
• How to make your own software demonstrations

The Royal Statistical Society

The Royal Statistical Society is an international membership organisation with members in over 50 countries worldwide.They promote public understanding of statistics and provide professional support to users of statistics and statisticians

• The Royal Statistical Society

The umbrella website for the activities of The Royal Statistical Society

• The Royal Statistical Society Professional Development Centre

The Professional Development Centre provides courses for statisticians and users of statistics. They offer courses in statistical, consultancy and management training; open courses across the UK and overseas; bespoke courses; and training needs analysis.

• The Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education

The Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education aims To promote the improvement of statistical education, training and understanding at all ages. They offer a Certificate in Teaching Statistics in Higher Education by distance-learning designed for those who are teaching or are about to teach statistics in higher education, and offer Professional Development programmes as well as resources for personal development.