What are the statistical tools in research?

Survey analysis is one of the most commonly used research methods. Scholars, market researchers and organizations of all sizes use surveys to measure public opinion, gauge customer satisfaction and study a wide range of social and cultural issues. Fortunately, you don't have to be a research specialist or master statistician. Popular spreadsheet programs such as Excel, coupled with some basic statistical techniques, are sufficient to analyze data drawn from surveys.

Statistics and Data An alysis

General Resources:
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Statistics on the Web (megasite of statistics resources) Statistics.com (professional development courses in statistics) StatLib (statistical software, data sets, and information) Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics (has demonstrations, tools, online labs) Web Interface for Statistics Education (interactive tutorials and more)

Data Management:
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Data Sharing and Archiving:

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Data Management Resources and Examples (University of Michigan) Dataverse Network Project (free service hosted at Harvard University) Deposit Data and Findings (ICPSR at the University of Michigan) Data Sharing for Demographic Research (project of ICPSR) NSF Data Sharing Policy (U.S. National Science Foundation) NSF Data Archiving Policy (Social and Economic Sciences) NIH Data Sharing Policy (U.S. National Institutes of Health)

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Data Organizations:
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Open Data Foundation (nonprofit organization) Intl. Assn. for Social Science and Information Technology (IASSIST) Data Management International (nonprofit professional association) Committee on Data for Science and Technology (interdisciplinary) Intl. Council for Scientific and Technical Information (based in Paris)

Data Visualization:
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Tools, Technologies, and Examples:

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Gapminder (unveiling the beauty of statistics) FlowingData (data visualization and statistics) Information Aesthetics (representing data in original ways) Smashing Magazine (data visualization and infographics)

Videos:
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The Best Statistics You've Ever Seen (20 minutes) Time-Lapse Proof of Extreme Ice Loss (19 minutes) New Insights on Poverty (19 minutes) HIV: New Facts and Data Visuals (10 minutes) Stunning Data Visualization in the AlloSphere (6 minutes)

Online Statistics Textbooks:

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HyperStat Online (free introductory-level hypertext statistics book) Introductory Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications (free text) Multivariate Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications (free text) Online Statistics: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study (free text) Seeing Statistics (commercial text with interactive Java applets)

StatSoft (free online statistics textbook and glossary)

Online Statistical Calculations:

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Web Pages that Perform Statistical Calculations VassarStats: Web Site for Statistical Computation Calculators On-Line Center (extensive directory) Statistical Analysis Tools (for Windows, Mac, and Unix) Online F-Table (calculates significance of F ratio)

Power Analysis:
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Power Analysis (overview from StatSoft) Sample Size Calculations Online Power Analysis for ANOVA Designs Power and Precision (power analysis software) G*Power 3 (power analysis freeware)

Additional Statistics Resources:

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Glossary of Statistical Terms (from Statistics Explained) Statistical Software Packages (links to the most popular programs) SPSS On-Line Training Workshop (free tutorials and clips) Chance (site dedicated to promoting quantitative literacy) Introduction to Statistics in Psychological Research (course syllabus)

W eb-Based Research

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Online Social Psychology Studies Psychological Research on the Net

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Psychological Research Online (APA report) Psychology Tests and Experiments PsychExps (participate or download data) Web Experimental Psychology Lab

Profession al O rgan ization s

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Experimental Psychology (APA Division 3) Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics (APA Division 5) National Council on Measurement in Education National Association of Psychometrists American Statistical Association

Research Jou rn als

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Applied Measurement in Education Applied Psychological Measurement Behavior Research Methods (Psychonomic Society) British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology Educational and Psychological Measurement Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics Journal of Statistics Education Multivariate Behavioral Research Organizational Research Methods Psychological Assessment (APA journal)

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Psychological Methods (APA journal) Psychometrika Public Opinion Quarterly Sociological Methods and Research Statistical Modelling: An International Journal Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal