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Jonny Heeley's Masterclass - Probability
http://www.teachers.tv/video/26366
Jonny Heeley's Masterclass - Probability
Award-winning Jonny Heeley, offers some inspiring ways of simplifying probability - one of the most challenging parts of the GCSE maths curriculum.
Jonny uses a variety of games and challenges to excite and entertain his group of gifted and talented Year 10 students. His ideas also provide teachers with some accessible new methods of teaching the subject.
Jonny won The Guardian Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School in North of England in 2007.

Statistics (Grades 9-12
http://www.learner.org/interactives/statistics/index.html
Statistics (Grades 9-12)
Follow a year in a fictitious election campaign for an inside look at the mathematics behind the polls and the news you hear everyday

Compete :
http://compete.com/
Compete is a new breed of web analytics company. We have a diverse sample of 2,000,000+ U.S. Internet users that have given us permission to analyze the web pages they visit and ask them questions via surveys.
Free information for every site on the Internet including site traffic history and competitive analytics; a list of available promotional codes across thousands of online retailers; and site-specific trust scores based on up-to-the-minute data from Compete and third party security services.

Economic Indicators (USA)
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/index.html
Economic Indicators
Available from April 1995 forward, this monthly compilation is prepared for the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisors and provides economic information on prices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and Federal finance.

Economic Indicators
http://www.economicindicators.gov/
Economic Indicators.gov is brought to you by the Economics and Statistics Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Our mission is to provide timely access to the daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Quick Notes Statistics
http://www.businessbookmall.com/Statistics%20Book.htm
Quick Notes Statistics
This free e-book contains advertising. A copy without advertising sells for $5.95.

Local Census (USA Statistics)
http://www.localcensus.com/
Local Census provides statistical information for a wide variety of categories pertaining to the United States of America, its 50 states, its 3,000 plus US counties, 30,000 US cities and coordinating zip codes.
Local Census also provides a directory of millions of businesses, whereby the user has the opportunity to rate, and comment upon the many facets of these various businesses.
If you are a business owner, you can then simply submit your business information for the purpose of national exposure, and development of marketing.

FlowingData
http://flowingdata.com
FlowingData explores how statisticians, designers, computer scientists, and others are using data to understand more about ourselves and our surroundings.
The money you spend, how much you exercise, the time you waste, and the personal information you enter are all data. In addition to the data that you yourself produce, it's also generated by the environment, sports, government, entertainment, and plenty of other interesting fields.

World Clock
http://www.shambles.net/worldclock/worldclock.swf
World Clock ... contains lots of statistics .... e.g. population, deseases, forests lost, cars and computers being built, HIV, earths temperature, oil produced, bicycles produced, species extinct, prison growth, cancer, divorce, abortions, deaths

The UK Census 2001
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/census_geog.asp
The UK Census 2001
The UK Census, undertaken every ten years, collects population and other statistics essential to those who have to plan and allocate resources. Major customers include departments of national and local government, and providers of services such as health and education. Although the Census occurs simultaneously in all parts of the UK, the responsible body in England and Wales is the Office for National Statistics (ONS), in Scotland the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) and in Northern Ireland the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA).

Search statistics and watch it move with Gapminder
http://www.gapminder.org/
Search statistics through Google and watch it move with Gapminder
In a web browser or free download software .... this application will completely change your views on graphs .... brilliant
Google Subscribed Links makes it possible to search deep into Gapminder's moving graphs visualizing world development.

Mathematics Probability Tutorials (recommended)
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/index.html
The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) is an NSF (USA) supported project that began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis).
The project includes dissemination and extensive internal and external evaluation.
Math | Maths | Mathematics | interactive | multimedia | Free | Number and Operations | Algebra | Geometry | Measurement | Data Analysis | Probability |

What Are Your Chances?
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Games.asp
Ever wonder how often an event might happen? Try What Are Your Chances? Gain a little knowledge about probability.

Create a FREE, fully-functional online survey
http://www.custominsight.com/demo/free.asp
Create a FREE, fully-functional online survey in just minutes!
To create your free trial survey, please provide the information requested to the right. Once you submit this information, an account will be created, and you will be able to start building your survey.

Survey Random Sample Calculator
http://www.custominsight.com/articles/random-sample-calculator.asp
Survey Random Sample Calculator
If you have not yet conducted your survey and want to calculate how many people you need for your random sample, use these calculators.

Australian Statistics
http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/page1428.html
Australian Statistics
This page provides a useful collection of resources for teachers to support classroom learning and activities from the searchable EdNA Online database.

Human Development Report (HDR)
http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/
Each year the Human Development Report (HDR) presents a wealth of statistical information on different aspects of human development. All these data are available for download here in several different ways:
- Get data by country, indicator or table
- Build your own table
- Human development in animation
The Human Development Report (HDR) was first launched in 1990 with the single goal of putting people back at the center of the development process in terms of economic debate, policy and advocacy.
The Human Development Report is an independent report. It is commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and is the product of a selected team of leading scholars, development practitioners and members of the Human Development Report Office of UNDP.

Web Interface for Statistics Education (WISE)
http://wise.cgu.edu/
Web Interface for Statistics Education (WISE)
The Claremont Colleges' "Web Interface for Statistics Education" seeks to expand teaching resources offered through Introductory Statistics courses, especially in the social sciences. This project aims to develop an on-line teaching tool to take advantage of the unique hypertextual and presentational benefits of the World Wide Web (WWW).
This teaching tool's primary application is as a supplement to traditional teaching materials, addressing specific topics that instructors have difficulty in presenting using traditional classroom technologies. The tool serves to promote self-paced learning and to provide a means for advanced students to review concepts.

The World of Statistical Humor
http://www.ilstu.edu/~gcramsey/Gallery.html
The World of Statistical Humor and Statistics Jokes

Statistics and Probability : web links and activities
http://www.42explore.com/statistics.htm
Statistics and Probability : web links and activities
A statistic is a fact or piece of information that is expressed as a number or percentage. The facts and figures that are collected and examined for information on a given subject are statistics. Probability is the likelihood of something happening or being true.
Statistics is a set of methods used to collect and analyze data. Those statistical methods help people identify, study, and solve a variety of problems. Statistics help people make good decisions about uncertain situations. Probability is used to describe events that do not occur with certainty.

Statistics at AAAMath
http://www.aaamath.com/B/sta.htm
Statistics at AAAMath - Statistical Mean or Average - 1 digit numbers | Statistical Median - 1 digit numbers | Statistical Range - 1 digit numbers | Statistical Mode Statistical Mean or Average - 2 digit | numbers | Statistical Median - 2 digit numbers | Statistical Range - 2 digit numbers | Statistical Mean or Average - 3 digit numbers | Statistical Median - 3 digit numbers | Statistical Range - 3 digit numbers |

Where to Get Data on the Web
http://people.clarityconnect.com/webpages/terri/data.html
Where to Get Data on the Web - Tons of Data for Statistics Lessons

Introduction to Statistics
http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/toc_vol8.shtm
Introduction to Statistics
Our interactive math lessons are comprehensive learning modules that includes examples, diagrams, summaries and exercises. Lessons are organized into Volumes, each of which includes a related group of lessons, Practice Exercises, Challenge Exercises, and a Solutions Page.

Teaching Statistics
http://science.ntu.ac.uk/rsscse/ts/
Teaching Statistics
Teaching Statistics is published by The Teaching Statistics Trust

ASSUME
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/ASSUME/welcome.html
ASSUME : The Association of Statistics Specialists Using Microsoft Excel
This page provides links to various resources concerned with the use of Microsoft Excel in the practice and teaching of Statistics.

Migration Information Source
http://www.migrationinformation.org/
Migration Information Source
Includes feature stories, country profiles, a global database which generates charts and tables, and more.
The Migration Information Source provides fresh thought, authoritative data from numerous global organizations and governments, and global analysis of international migration and refugee trends. A unique, online resource, the Source offers useful tools, vital data, and essential facts on the movement of people worldwide.
Working with a team of international correspondents, we chronicle global migration movements, provide perspectives on current migration debates, and offer the tools and data from numerous global organizations and governments needed to understand migration. We do this in a way that is accessible to researchers, policy makers, journalists, and other opinion shapers.
statistics | population | countries | glossary | country profiles | global data |

The Chance Project
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/
This site contains materials to help teach a Chance course.
This "quantitative literacy course" seeks to educate readers about the uses of probability and statistics in current news reporting. The site offers lectures, videos, teaching aids, online texts, and interesting articles demonstrating concepts.

Asian Development Bank : Statistics
http://www.adb.org/Economics/default.asp
ADB's economic and statistical work underpins its strategic agenda and operations, and supports knowledge dissemination and capacity building in its developing member countries.
Areas of work are:
Research on critical development policy issues | International and country economic monitoring and forecasting | Economic analysis in support of operations | Compilation and dissemination of statistics | Dissemination and publication of economics and policy research | Capacity building and technical assistance to developing member countries | Networking with development and research institutions | Economics | Statistics |

World (Bank) Statistics
http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools/data.htm
In this section, you will find a wealth of indicators--statistics that measure social, economic, and environmental conditions--for over 150 countries.
These data will help you to get a fuller, more accurate picture of what is happening in the world around you and to develop your own opinions about global issues. Before going any further, you may want to read about using data.
The data tables included here are excerpted from two key World Bank research tools:
- The World Development Indicators, 2002 (WDI)
- World Development Report, 2000/2001 (WDR
world | bank | statistics | data |

CensusScope
http://www.censusscope.org/
If you are looking for some data to use in a statistics lesson then this site is full of it.
CensusScope is an easy-to-use tool for investigating U.S. demographic trends, brought to you by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) at the University of Michigan. With eye-catching graphics and exportable trend data, CensusScope is designed for generalists and specialists.
statistics | data | USA |

Population Statistics .. including live counter
http://www.popexpo.net/english.html
There are more than 6 billion human beings on Earth. According to the population estimates released by the United Nations, the 6 billion mark was reached on October 12 1999.
Every second five people are born and two people die, a net gain of three people.
However the United Nations estimate that we will only be 12 billion in 120 years. By visiting this web site, you will understand why the world's population has exploded in recent years and why it might stabilize during the next century.

Data Analysis & Probability
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/enu/navd/topic_t_5.html
Histogram – Use this tool to summarize data you enter.
Scatterplot – Plot multiple data points in two dimensions and determine correlation.
Box Model – Randomly selects and displays draws from a box.

Population
http://trackstar.hprtec.org/main/display.php3?track_id=2651
You will use this track to gather information about populations around the world.

Inflation Conversion Factors for Dollars
http://www.orst.edu/dept/pol_sci/fac/sahr/sahr.htm
Inflation Conversion Factors for Dollars 1700 to Estimated 2010
Consumer Price Index (CPI) conversion factors to determine the value of dollars of 1800 to estimated 2010 in dollars of 2001 (preliminary), 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, and CPI (1982-84)

1891 UK Census
http://www.1891census.co.uk/
Full Range of The 1891 Census On Microfiche. To use the index, click your mouse on the County you are interested in. This will take you to the index of that County. ... you may have to pay!

Census at School (Statistics)
http://censusatschool.ntu.ac.uk/news3.asp
On this page you will find a selection of interesting and educational links to Web sites that provide background information on the UK Census and those that have already happened or will be happpening shortly in other countries. The United States of America, Singapore and France for example have all had a Census this year, while Australia, Canada and the UK are planning one for 2001.

National UK Statistics
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
This site allows you to search the latest comprehensive range of official UK statistics and information about statistics as well as providing free access to a selection of recently released publications and press releases in downloadable formats.

The Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/
Population shapes almost every aspect of our lives. Population defines the need for resource allocations — where to build roads, schools, or hospitals. Population shapes political systems and helps determine economic vitality. Because population has such a profound effect on how we plan for and realize our dreams, the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) is working hard to provide you with all the facts you need to better understand our changing world.
The Population Reference Bureau is the leader in providing timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications.

Internet Glossary of Statistical Terms
http://www.animatedsoftware.com/statglos/statglos.htm
Persons unfamiliar with statistical analysis may find the entries easier to grasp if they are examined in the order listed below. Persons already familiar with statistical procedure can, of course, examine them in any order they choose.
These entries are based on the interactive educational program STATISTICS EXPLAINED by Dr. Howard S. Hoffman.

HK Education Department : Statistics Site
http://www.hked-stat.net/common/
STAT.NET is a website produced by the Education Department of the Hong Kong HKED Special Administrative Region for use by all secondary and primary school teachers and students. Working with a number of experts in Mathematics education,
The syllabus structure is defined and maintained using wizBank as the framework for the question bank. Teachers can tap into the question bank to create their own test papers, exercises and online games using the variety of multimedia templates provided.
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