As you conduct your research projects
and study
the student manual, you will encounter discussions of statistics.
To truly understand statistics and their importance to all fields of
science,
you need to take a course in statistics. Our purpose in this
course
is to help you learn some very basic statistics so that you can analyze
your data as well as research results presented on the news, in
magazines,
in science seminars, and in the scientific literature.
To help you better understand the
information
presented in the course manual, this web page provides you with a links
to the Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics website and some other potentially useful sites about statistics. Use these
links
as directed by your instructor and on your own. A variety of
actual
experiments that are easy to understand are presented, along with the
proper
statistical analysis. Some of the sites allow you to quiz
yourself
- take advantage of those sites to see how well you understand the
basics
of statistics. You may also want to explore the website further
for
additional information and examples.
- Hypothesis
Testing
- Case
Studies for Statistical Tests
- Electronic Statistics Textbook
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