List of basic statistics topics 28651 221081838 2008-06-22T23:50:04Z The Transhumanist 1754504 moved [[Topical outline of statistics]] to [[List of basic statistics topics]] over redirect: revert self :''For a more comprehensive list, see the [[List of statistics topics]].'' '''[[Statistics]]''' is a [[Mathematics|mathematical science]] pertaining to the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of [[data]]. It is applicable to a wide variety of [[academic discipline]]s, from the physical and social [[science]]s to the [[humanities]]; it is also used and [[Misuse of statistics|misused]] for making informed decisions in all areas of [[business]] and [[government]]. The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to '''statistics''': == Basic statistics concepts == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *[[ANOVA]] *[[binomial distribution]] *[[chi-square distribution]] *[[combinatorics]] *[[data]] *[[degrees of freedom (statistics)]] *[[descriptive statistics]] *[[errors and residuals in statistics]] *[[experimental design]] *[[frequency distribution|frequency distribution table]] *[[histogram]] *[[inferential statistics]] *[[mean]] *[[median]] *[[Mode (statistics)|mode]] *[[model (abstract)|modeling]] {{col-2}} *[[Monte Carlo method]] *[[normal distribution]] *[[probability]] *[[probability distribution]] *[[random variable]] *[[Regression toward the mean]] *[[Sampling (statistics)|sampling]] *[[sampling bias]] *[[sampling distribution]] *[[simulation]] *[[standard deviation]] *[[statistical survey]] *[[t-distribution]] *[[time-series analysis]] *[[variance]] {{col-end}} == See also == * [[List of statisticians]] * [[List of statistics topics]] * [[Statistics]] * [[Glossary of probability and statistics]] * [[Notation in probability and statistics]] ==References== * Salsburg, David, ''The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century'', 2001, ISBN 0-7167-4106-7 ==External links== ===General sites and organizations=== * [http://www.amstat.org/ American Statistical Association] * [http://freestatistics.altervista.org/ Free Statistics (free and open source software, data and tutorials)] * [http://isi.cbs.nl/ International Statistical Institute] * [http://www.mathcs.carleton.edu/probweb/probweb.html Probability Web] * [http://www.statsci.org StatSci.org: Statistical Science Web] * [http://www.conceptstew.co.uk/PAGES/freeresources.html Statistics Glossary - and other teaching and learning resources] * [http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html Statistical Agencies (International)] * [http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/ Statlib: Data, Software and News from the Statistics Community (Carnegie Mellon)] * [http://statpages.org/ StatPages.net (statistical calculations, free software, etc.)] ===Online courses and textbooks=== {{wikibooks|statistics}} {{Wikiversity|Introduction to Statistics}} * [http://sportsci.org/resource/stats/ "A New View of Statistics" by Will G. Hopkins] * [http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html Electronic Statistics Textbook (StatSoft,Inc., The Statistics Homepage)] * [http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html HyperStat Online: An Introductory Statistics Textbook and Online Tutorial for Help in Statistics Courses (David Lane)] * [http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/ NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods] * [http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/statnote.htm Statnotes: Topics in Multivariate Analysis, by G. David Garson] * [http://www.stats4students.com/index.php stats4students.com: Introductory guides to understanding & calculating statistics] * [http://www.StatisticalPractice.com "The Little Handbook of Statistical Practice"] by [http://www.tufts.edu/~gdallal/ Dr. Gerard E. Dallal], [[Tufts University]]. ===Other resources=== * [http://www.informath.org/StatDis.pdf Disputes in statistical analyses] a single-page review (PDF). * [http://www.ericdigests.org/1993/marriage.htm Resampling: A Marriage of Computers and Statistics (ERIC Digests)] * [http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-2/resources.htm Resources for Teaching and Learning about Probability and Statistics (ERIC Digests)] * [http://www.csdassn.org/software_reports.cfm Software Reports (by the International Association for Statistical Computing)] *[http://www.statistics.com/resources/glossary/ Statistical glossary] [[Category:Basic topic lists|Statistics| ]] [[Category:Statistics| ]] [[Category:Mathematics-related lists|Statistics]] [[Category:Statistical lists and tables]]