Author: Saim Khalid

Kyle Siegrist, University of Alabama in Huntsville

This site aims “to provide free, high quality, interactive, web-based resources for students and teachers of probability and statistics” It covers probability, statistics and “special models” such as finite sampling models and the Poisson process – they are presented here with text and interactive Java tutorials. Each page suggests mathematical exercises and simulation exercises, with some external links. The site requires the Mozilla Firefox browser (version 1.5 or later), with the MathML fonts installed, and with the Java plug-in (version 1.5 or later).

This is a set of online tools for performing statistical tests, generating random data or exact distributions, along with links to short explanations of statistical topics.

Carnegie Mellon University

This is an open online course, available freely to independent learners but with a fee for students. The course makes much use of online text, diagrams and interactive assignments. It is comprised of four units: Exploratory Data Analysis, Producing Data, Probability and Inference. These are subdivided into a total of twelve modules and more than two hundred “pages” of material.

Carnegie Mellon University

This is an open online course, available freely to independent learners but with a fee for students who want feedback from an instructor. The course makes much use of online text, diagrams and interactive assignments. It is comprised of four units: Exploratory Data Analysis, Producing Data, Probability and Inference. These are subdivided into a total of twelve modules and more than two hundred “pages” of material. It is similar to the companion course on Statistical Reasoning, but with a more classical treatment of probability.

Desmos.com

Interactive graph with six points that can be dragged with the mouse. A linear regression automatically updates, with the line drawn on the graph and the parameters shown numerically.

Francis J. DiTraglia, University of Pennsylvania

Lecture slides, practice exams and online tutorials in R from a course in “how to learn from data and understand uncertainty using the ideas of probability theory and statistics” given in 2019

Philip B. Stark, University of California, Berkeley

SticiGui: statistics tools for internet and classroom instruction with a graphical user interface is an on-line course, including a textbook and other statistical resources, and covers a spectrum of statistical applications, not just economics. It has been produced by Philip B. Stark of University of California, Berkeley. The site makes heavy use of Java / JavaScript to supply interactivity and the site recommends using the Firefox browser to work through the course.

Richard Field, John Horton, Sue Cobb, Sandra Hill, University of Nottingham

An interactive tutorial combining graphs, text and interactive features. Twenty-five units cover topics from rounding and central tendency up to regression lines and Chi squared tests.

Thinkwell is a commercial learning tutorial service that supports economics, microeconomics and macroeconomics courses. It consists of video lectures that give simultaneous views of the lecturer and his slides and animations. Online interactive exercises with feedback, review notes, course management tools and a dedicated website for users. Lecturers can customise the course and view the results of interactive tests taken by their students. The materials are available online via subscription and require Flash / QuickTime / Java to load.

Brian Watson, Plymouth College of Further Education

A number of Excel spreadsheets by Watson are listed on this Biz/ed page (scroll down a bit). They cover topics including demand and supply, elasticity, trade and comparative advantage.