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Statistics Video

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Video Research Activity

Thompson and Fisher-Thompson (2013) describe their video research activity in this ToP article.

     Links: Healing Touch video, PBS-Scientific American Frontiers' "A Different Way to Heal"

     A Close Look at Therapeutic Touch (Rosa, Rosa, Sarner, & Barrett, 1998)


 

Humor

Pre-Game Coin Toss Makes Jacksonville Jaguars Realize Randomness of Life (The Onion) (Thanks to Jessica Hartnett via NotAwfulAndBoring.Blogspot!)

     Could be used to introduce probability. Read more about how it could be used in this blog post.

 


 

SPSS Demonstrations

 

Using SPSS. (Courtesy of Eric Landrum, 1/2010) Download the dataset used in these videos: SPSS file or csv file. Note that the SPSS file preserves the variable names. 

 

Statistics Collection

Several short video clips related to statistics.  "Clips for Class" made available by Cengage.

 


Chi Square Test of Independence: Investigating Fingerprint Types (Hat tip to Michael Britt via Twitter)

Students interested in forensic psychology and police dramas should enjoy this example of the Chi-Square Test of Independence: fingerprint type and sex. 

 

 

Critical thinking about various statistical topics

 

"Oxford mathematician Peter Donnelly reveals the common mistakes humans make in interpreting statistics -- and the devastating impact these errors can have on the outcome of criminal trials."

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/67

 

Gigernezer on problems that arise when the media misinterpret research findings (via notawfulandboring.blogger.com)

 

Gerd "I love heuristics" Gigernezer talking about the misinterpretation of research by the media (in particular, misinterpretation of data about oral contraceptives leads to increases in abortions). He argues that such misinterpretation isn't just bad reporting, but unethical.

 


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