Applied Statistics and Statistical Software

What this page covers

This unit brings together material on using statistics in real settings and on the software used to do it. Most of it is mind maps. Several focus on SPSS: how to run descriptive statistics, how to check whether data is normally distributed using the significance value, and how to choose a chi-squared test for categorical data. Others compare tools, such as the map on statistical software advantages and disadvantages and the one comparing SPSS with Excel and G*Power.

Applications beyond the software

The page also lists maps on statistics in engineering and science, quality control, business and industry, social sciences and psychology. Statistics in Engineering and Science covers populations and samples, parameters and statistics, and statistical modeling. Statistics Applied touches on sampling methods, including random and systematic sampling within strata.

Where to start

1. Open the SPSS mind map on descriptive statistics to see how variables and graphs are handled.
2. Take the SPSS Chapter 1 Revision Quiz, which asks about independent, dependent, predictor and outcome variables.
3. Move to the SPSS quiz on ANOVA output and repeated measures designs.
4. Try the quiz Bus Stat 2 från tentor for regression assumptions, multicollinearity and trend projection.

Using quizzes and maps together

Read a map first, then close it and answer a quiz on the same idea. If a question on the error term or on normality catches you out, go back to the matching branch of the map. The flashcard decks, including the problem set decks for ECO 351 Business Statistics II and the deck on RDA parametric assumptions, suit short bursts of recall.

Where this unit sits

This is a unit in the Applied Statistics strand of Statistics and probability. The resources were made by GoConqr users, so styles and depth vary. Choose a map that matches your course, then work through a quiz or two and see how it goes.