From rhoskins@home.com Wed Jan 26 20:54:20 2000 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id UAA42740 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:54:17 -0800 Received: from mail.rdc1.wa.home.com (imail@ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com [24.0.2.66]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id UAA19331; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:54:16 -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 <20000127045415.RJCH26912.mail.rdc1.wa.home.com@c501552a>; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:54:15 -0800 Message-ID: <016d01bf6882$86d5a9d0$7b790518@olmpi1.wa.home.com> From: "Dick Hoskins" To: "WAPHGIS" Cc: "Lele, Subhash" , "Dunning, Andrew" , Subject: Statistics teaching site Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:54:00 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_016A_01BF683F.78552EA0" 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_016A_01BF683F.78552EA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. 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_016A_01BF683F.78552EA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
A computer assisted statistics program. Looks worth = checking=20 out. Details below. I'd appreciate any assessments you have. I am always = looking=20 for stat teach resources for public health people, especially people who = are=20 working on projects, doping work in health departments and in need of=20 instruction or remedial information - over time, one forgets. If you = have=20 additons, I'd like to hear about them.
 
http://cast.massey.ac.nz/
 
Richard  Hoskins
WAPHGIS = listserve
Listserve for=20 GIS and Public Health
Northwest Center for Public Health = Practice
School=20 of Public Health and Community Medicine
University of Washington,=20 Seattle
rhoskins@home.com
www.hslib.washington.edu= /nwcphp/
 
To subscribe to the list, send a message to listproc@u.washington.edu = with the=20 request "subscribe waphgis" followed by your name in the body of the = message,=20 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 = statistical
  =20 methods. It is full of real data sets.

*  Central to CAST = are over=20 300 interactive diagrams. These are an
   integral part of = the text=20 -- indeed they are the MAIN way that
   the concepts and = methods=20 are 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 can=20 be used to illustrate
   points in lectures and retain = student=20 interest.

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


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

1. Why = Statistics?
    1.=20 Variation
    2. Approach
2. Displaying=20 Variation
    1. Dot Plots
    2. = Stem and=20 Leaf Plots
    3. Getting Information from=20 Data
    4. Histograms
    5. Box=20 Plots
    6. Discrete Data
    7. = Summary=20 Statistics
    8. Transformations
3. Time=20 Series
    1. Displaying Time = Series
    2.=20 Smoothing
    3. Seasonal Time = Series
    4.=20 Transformations
    5. Control Charts
4. Bivariate=20 Data
    1. Scatterplots
    2.=20 Correlation
    3. Median Trace
    = 4. Least=20 Squares
    5. Nonlinear = Relationships
   =20 6. Multivariate Data
5. Categorical Data
    1. Bar = and Pie=20 Charts
    2. Bivariate Categorical = Data
   =20 3. Grouped Categorical Data
    4. Logistic = Regression
6.=20 Data Collection
    1. Interpreting=20 Relationships
    2. Sample = Surveys
    3.=20 Designed Experiments
    4. Preliminaries
7. = Sampling and=20 Variability
    1. Populations and=20 Samples
    2. Normal = Distributions
    3.=20 Variability of Displays
    4. Variability of=20 Means
    5. Variability of Proportions
8.=20 Inference
    1. Estimating=20 Distributions
    2. C.I. for = Mean
    3.=20 C.I. for Proportion
    4. Testing=20 Hypotheses
    5. Tests for = Means
    6.=20 Tests for Proportions
9. Advanced Models and = Inference
   =20 1. Regression Models
    2. Regression Model=20 Inference
    3. Comparing Two = Means
    4.=20 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 = least=20 150 MHz for
acceptable performance. It is accessed through a web = browser=20 such
as Netscape (versions 4.5, 4.61, 4.7 or later on a Macintosh or=20 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 using=20 CAST
but a temporary login name and PIN code are available until = April.=20 You
may use the login name "guest" and PIN code "1111" to try CAST,=20 but
don't forget to register properly later -- you will certainly = need=20 to
register after April.

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

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

   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 = you
expand the downloaded archive, a directory called "CAST" will=20 be
created. In your browser open the local file "CAST.html" = within
this=20 directory to start CAST.

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

 
 
Dick Hoskins
rhoskins@home.com
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