Linear correlation: illustration of correlation coefficients for various distributions in an x/y plane. via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain
Anscombe's Quartet (four different data sets with the same summary statistics) via Wikimedia Commons. GPL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or GFDL
This site is part of the DeSTRESS project, promoting statistical literacy by sharing, adapting and creating resources to contextualise statistics for social sciences.
We have created:
- A "pick and mix" set of short videos, totaling more than five hours of professional quality video
- A huge online bank of online assessment questions
- Interactive graphs
- Handouts and booklets
- Lecture slides
- External links for statistical literacy (not necessarily to open resources)
This is an Open Educational Resource site. All contributors are credited prominently and retain ownership of the materials they share. If have any materials that would be suitable for the showcase, contact econ-network@bristol.ac.uk . See the METAL Project for a similar set of resources in mathematics for economics.
The project was led by Rebecca Taylor at Nottingham Trent University, with partners including University of Portsmouth, Brunel University and the Economics Network, University of Bristol.
DeSTRESS has produced a Printable brochure (PDF) about Open Educational Resources in Economics
External materials
Materials on external servers are not always Open Educational Resources. Full copyright applies to resources found on the web unless the owner says otherwise.
Teaching and learning materials
Latest Addition
Interactive tutorial created in R and Shiny, introducing continuous random variables (CRVs) and probability distributions. Definitions and derivations alternate with self-test questions, and there are a couple of interactive charts of distributions. Students have to enter R code to complete some calculations.