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Teaching guides

These free teaching resources are designed to introduce students to data visualization and statistics in an easy, interesting, and approachable way.

Datasets

Dataset 1 — Stress study

Summary data from the stress-management study, with one row per participant.

Guides 1, 2, and 7

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Dataset 2 — Neuron study

Neuron, genotype, treatment, brain-region, firing-rate, and behavioural measures.

Guides 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10

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Dataset 3 — Stress study, part 2

Repeated weekly measurements from the stress-management study.

Guides 3 and 6

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Teaching guides

Guide 1

The One-Sample t-Test

Does this group differ from a known value?

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Guide 2

The Independent-Samples t-Test

Did the programme actually work?

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Guide 3

The Paired-Samples t-Test

Did stress change over the study?

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Guide 4

Checking Your Assumptions

ANOVA, part 1 of 3 — before you run anything

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Guide 5

One-Way and Two-Way ANOVA

ANOVA, part 2 of 3 — comparing three or more groups

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Guide 6

Repeated-Measures and Mixed ANOVA

ANOVA, part 3 of 3 — when the same people appear more than once

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Guide 7

The Chi-Square Test

Comparing categories instead of scores

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Guide 8

Correlation

Do two measurements move together?

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Guide 9

Running a Test Within Each Group

One analysis, split by a factor — and comparing the splits

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Guide 10

Running Many Tests at Once

Batch mode, and why 20 tests will lie to you

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