From rhoskins@home.com Thu Jan 27 15:33:49 2000 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id PAA08812 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:33:48 -0800 Received: from mail.rdc1.wa.home.com (imail@ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com [24.0.2.66]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id PAA15152 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:33:47 -0800 Received: from c501552a ([24.5.121.123]) by mail.rdc1.wa.home.com (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111) with SMTP id <20000127233345.PENB26912.mail.rdc1.wa.home.com@c501552a> for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:33:45 -0800 Message-ID: <001201bf691e$e4c4eeb0$7b790518@olmpi1.wa.home.com> From: "Dick Hoskins" To: References: Subject: Re: Statistics teaching site Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 15:33:19 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000F_01BF68DB.D67854C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BF68DB.D67854C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I will forward this to the author. Don't see the connection, do you?=20 Dick Hoskins rhoskins@home.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Friedman, Roger=20 To: 'waphgis@u.washington.edu'=20 Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 6:00 AM Subject: RE: Statistics teaching site=20 I downloaded CAST and tried to run it. Now I can't run Visual Basic. = I don't want to "cast" aspersions, but ... -----Original Message----- From: Dick Hoskins [mailto:rhoskins@home.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 11:54 To: WAPHGIS Cc: Lele, Subhash; Dunning, Andrew Subject: Statistics teaching site=20 A computer assisted statistics program. Looks worth checking out. = Details below. I'd appreciate any assessments you have. I am always = looking for stat teach resources for public health people, especially = people who are working on projects, doping work in health departments = and in need of instruction or remedial information - over time, one = forgets. If you have additons, I'd like to hear about them. =20 http://cast.massey.ac.nz/ Richard Hoskins WAPHGIS listserve Listserve for GIS and Public Health Northwest Center for Public Health Practice School of Public Health and Community Medicine=20 University of Washington, Seattle rhoskins@home.com www.hslib.washington.edu/nwcphp/ To subscribe to the list, send a message to = listproc@u.washington.edu with the request "subscribe waphgis" followed = by your name in the body of the message, like so:=20 subscribe waphgis Jane Doe CAST is a complete introductory statistics textbook on a computer. Interactive animations are used to explain all statistical concepts. CAST is professionally produced and makes full use of the computer as a teaching tool. ------------------------------------------------------------ What makes CAST stand out from other instructional material? ------------------------------------------------------------ * CAST takes a modern data-based approach to teaching statistical methods. It is full of real data sets. * Central to CAST are over 300 interactive diagrams. These are an integral part of the text -- indeed they are the MAIN way that the concepts and methods are explained. * CAST covers all material in a statistical methods course (plus a few!) with a minimum of mathematics. * A separate version of CAST is available for lecturers, containing only the interactive diagrams. These can be used to illustrate points in lectures and retain student interest. * No charge will be made for using CAST in the year 2000. We do however reserve the right to make a small charge for registering to use CAST in later years. ----------------- Table of Contents ----------------- 1. Why Statistics? 1. Variation 2. Approach 2. Displaying Variation 1. Dot Plots 2. Stem and Leaf Plots 3. Getting Information from Data 4. Histograms 5. Box Plots 6. Discrete Data 7. Summary Statistics 8. Transformations 3. Time Series 1. Displaying Time Series 2. Smoothing 3. Seasonal Time Series 4. Transformations 5. Control Charts 4. Bivariate Data 1. Scatterplots 2. Correlation 3. Median Trace 4. Least Squares 5. Nonlinear Relationships 6. Multivariate Data 5. Categorical Data 1. Bar and Pie Charts 2. Bivariate Categorical Data 3. Grouped Categorical Data 4. Logistic Regression 6. Data Collection 1. Interpreting Relationships 2. Sample Surveys 3. Designed Experiments 4. Preliminaries 7. Sampling and Variability 1. Populations and Samples 2. Normal Distributions 3. Variability of Displays 4. Variability of Means 5. Variability of Proportions 8. Inference 1. Estimating Distributions 2. C.I. for Mean 3. C.I. for Proportion 4. Testing Hypotheses 5. Tests for Means 6. Tests for Proportions 9. Advanced Models and Inference 1. Regression Models 2. Regression Model Inference 3. Comparing Two Means 4. Comparing Two Proportions 5. Anova for Regression 6. Anova for Comparing Groups 7. Independence -------------- Accessing CAST -------------- CAST requires a reasonably fast computer -- at least 150 MHz for acceptable performance. It is accessed through a web browser such as Netscape (versions 4.5, 4.61, 4.7 or later on a Macintosh or PC) or Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 4.5 or later on a PC only). Enter the location http://cast.massey.ac.nz in your browser. You normally need to get a PIN code by registering before using CAST but a temporary login name and PIN code are available until April. = You may use the login name "guest" and PIN code "1111" to try CAST, but don't forget to register properly later -- you will certainly need = to register after April. This is the full version of CAST. You will be able to examine a = brief description of the contents of each page, but you are likely to find it too slow to load the individual CAST contents pages if you access them through the internet. (It works well with high-speed internet connections within New Zealand but the international links are much slower.) To speed up CAST, you will need to download it to a local hard disk (or a local file or web server) to get good performance. Download CAST directly from http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/CAST/CAST.zip (for a PC) or http://www-ist.massey.ac.nz/CAST/CAST.sit (for a Mac) The download is about a 3.2 MB and the contents must be expanded using a compression utility such as WinZip or Stuffit. After you expand the downloaded archive, a directory called "CAST" will be created. In your browser open the local file "CAST.html" within this directory to start CAST. You will still need to login when you run CAST locally, but everything else happens much faster -- almost instantaneously on a 350 MHz Pentium II. Dick Hoskins rhoskins@home.com ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BF68DB.D67854C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I will forward this to the author. Don't see the = connection,=20 do you?
Dick Hoskins
rhoskins@home.com
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Friedman, = Roger
To: 'waphgis@u.washington.edu'
Sent: Thursday, January 27, = 2000 6:00=20 AM
Subject: RE: Statistics = teaching site=20

I=20 downloaded CAST and tried to run it.  Now I can't run Visual = Basic. =20 I don't want to "cast" aspersions, but ...
-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Hoskins [mailto:rhoskins@home.com]
Sen= t:=20 Wednesday, January 26, 2000 11:54
To: = WAPHGIS
Cc: Lele,=20 Subhash; Dunning, Andrew
Subject: Statistics teaching site =

A computer assisted statistics program. Looks = worth=20 checking out. Details below. I'd appreciate any assessments you = have. I am=20 always looking for stat teach resources for public health people, = especially=20 people who are working on projects, doping work in health = departments and in=20 need of instruction or remedial information - over time, one = forgets. If you=20 have additons, I'd like to hear about them.
 
http://cast.massey.ac.nz/
 
Richard  Hoskins
WAPHGIS = listserve
Listserve=20 for GIS and Public Health
Northwest Center for Public Health=20 Practice
School of Public Health and Community Medicine =
University of=20 Washington, Seattle
rhoskins@home.com
www.hslib.washington.edu= /nwcphp/
 
To subscribe to the list, send a message to listproc@u.washington.edu = with=20 the request "subscribe waphgis" followed by your name in the body of = the=20 message, like so:
subscribe waphgis Jane Doe
 
 
 
CAST is a complete introductory statistics = textbook on a=20 computer.
Interactive animations are used to explain all = statistical=20 concepts.
CAST is professionally produced and makes full use of = the=20 computer
as a teaching=20 = tool.


--------------------------------------------------------= ----
What=20 makes CAST stand out from other instructional=20 = material?
------------------------------------------------------------=
* =20 CAST takes a modern data-based approach to teaching=20 statistical
   methods. It is full of real data=20 sets.

*  Central to CAST are over 300 interactive = diagrams.=20 These are an
   integral part of the text -- indeed = they are=20 the MAIN way that
   the concepts and methods are=20 explained.

*  CAST covers all material in a statistical = methods=20 course (plus a
   few!) with a minimum of=20 mathematics.

*  A separate version of CAST is available = for=20 lecturers, containing
   only the interactive diagrams. = These=20 can be used to illustrate
   points in lectures and = retain=20 student interest.

*  No charge will be made for using = CAST in=20 the year 2000. We do
   however reserve the right to = make a=20 small charge for registering
   to use CAST in later=20 years.


-----------------
Table of=20 Contents
-----------------

1. Why=20 Statistics?
    1. Variation
    = 2.=20 Approach
2. Displaying Variation
    1. Dot=20 Plots
    2. Stem and Leaf = Plots
    3.=20 Getting Information from Data
    4.=20 Histograms
    5. Box Plots
    = 6.=20 Discrete Data
    7. Summary=20 Statistics
    8. Transformations
3. Time=20 Series
    1. Displaying Time = Series
   =20 2. Smoothing
    3. Seasonal Time=20 Series
    4. = Transformations
    5.=20 Control Charts
4. Bivariate Data
    1.=20 Scatterplots
    2. = Correlation
    3.=20 Median Trace
    4. Least = Squares
    5.=20 Nonlinear Relationships
    6. Multivariate = Data
5.=20 Categorical Data
    1. Bar and Pie=20 Charts
    2. Bivariate Categorical=20 Data
    3. Grouped Categorical = Data
   =20 4. Logistic Regression
6. Data Collection
    = 1.=20 Interpreting Relationships
    2. Sample=20 Surveys
    3. Designed = Experiments
   =20 4. Preliminaries
7. Sampling and = Variability
    1.=20 Populations and Samples
    2. Normal=20 Distributions
    3. Variability of=20 Displays
    4. Variability of = Means
   =20 5. Variability of Proportions
8. Inference
    = 1.=20 Estimating Distributions
    2. C.I. for=20 Mean
    3. C.I. for = Proportion
    4.=20 Testing Hypotheses
    5. Tests for=20 Means
    6. Tests for Proportions
9. Advanced = Models=20 and Inference
    1. Regression=20 Models
    2. Regression Model=20 Inference
    3. Comparing Two = Means
   =20 4. Comparing Two Proportions
    5. Anova for=20 Regression
    6. Anova for Comparing=20 Groups
    7.=20 Independence


--------------
Accessing=20 CAST
--------------
CAST requires a reasonably fast computer = -- at=20 least 150 MHz for
acceptable performance. It is accessed through = a web=20 browser such
as Netscape (versions 4.5, 4.61, 4.7 or later on a = Macintosh=20 or PC)
or Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 4.5 or later on a = PC=20 only).
Enter the location http://cast.massey.ac.nz in = your=20 browser.

You normally need to get a PIN code by registering = before=20 using CAST
but a temporary login name and PIN code are available = until=20 April. You
may use the login name "guest" and PIN code "1111" to = try=20 CAST, but
don't forget to register properly later -- you will = certainly=20 need to
register after April.

This is the full version of = CAST.=20 You will be able to examine a brief
description of the contents = of each=20 page, but you are likely to find
it too slow to load the = individual CAST=20 contents pages if you access
them through the internet. (It works = well=20 with high-speed internet
connections within New Zealand but the=20 international links are much
slower.)

To speed up CAST, = you will=20 need to download it to a local hard disk
(or a local file or web = server)=20 to get good performance. Download
CAST directly = from

  =20 http://www-ist.massey.= ac.nz/CAST/CAST.zip =20 (for a PC)

or

   http://www-ist.massey.= ac.nz/CAST/CAST.sit =20 (for a Mac)

The download is about a 3.2 MB and the contents = must be=20 expanded
using a compression utility such as WinZip or Stuffit. = After=20 you
expand the downloaded archive, a directory called "CAST" will = be
created. In your browser open the local file "CAST.html"=20 within
this directory to start CAST.

You will still need = to login=20 when you run CAST locally, but
everything else happens much = faster --=20 almost instantaneously
on a 350 MHz Pentium = II.

 
 
Dick Hoskins
rhoskins@home.com
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