In class
Present a lesson
Every lesson has a Present button: the narration stays off, which is the version to put on a projector. Each lesson ends with a short quiz.
Demonstrate an idea
Activities run in any browser, on a projector or a phone. Link or embed one in D2L; its address won’t change.
Hand something out
Every lesson has a print version, and every activity prints a short explanation of what it shows.
Quick tools
Flip coins, roll dice, draw cards or pick random integers in front of the class.
Results are pseudorandom.
By topic
The lessons and activities for each topic, in course order.
Collecting data
Activities
Graphing data
Center, spread and position
Lessons
Correlation and regression
Probability
Discrete probability distributions
The normal distribution and sampling distributions
Lessons
Confidence intervals
Lessons
Hypothesis testing
Lessons
Data and software
- Textbook data filesCSV files for the examples and exercises in both books, by chapter
- Statistics CalculatorDescriptive statistics, distributions, confidence intervals and tests, in the browser (beta)
- NMstatsAn R package aligned to the books, with a step-by-step guide
Preview
In the works
What Dr. Monk is working on now: Decision Points, short narrated case studies in which students see one idea happen by doing it. Students can listen or read. These two are finished.
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Why is the gym always packed when you go?
The gym says its average crowd is 35 people, yet it is always packed when you go. Students count one day two ways and find out why.
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What’s your reaction time?
A target game times one click, then thirty. Students describe the thirty with the mean, the median, the range and the standard deviation, then test them with ten more clicks.