Wikipedia:WikiProject Statistics/Resources
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Resources
Recent changes and important articles
- Recent changes related to list of statistics topics is useful if you wish to keep an eye on recent changes.
- Recent changes to Talk pages tagged with {{WikiProject Statistics}} can be used to keep an eye on recent discussions
- Popular pages for frequently accessed statistics pages.
Editing resources
See also WikiProject Mathematics/Editor resources
The following are particularly helpful regarding mathematics, but note that valuable articles need not be dominated by mathematics.
Sites from which material may be copied freely
Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Statistics
Wikiversity has learning resources about Probability and statistics
Wikiversity has learning resources about Introduction to Statistics
Wikiquote has quotations related to Statistics.
See also Public domain resources
It is believed that articles from the following sites may be copied in whole or in part with or without modification provided a citation of the source is included:
- PlanetMath: See the PlanetMath Exchange subproject, in particular 60-XX Probability theory and stochastic processes and 62-XX Statistics. There are three templates to cite the reference: {{PlanetMath}}, {{PlanetMath reference}}, and {{PlanetMath attribution}}
- NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods. US government site and therefore public domain. Cite page and add {{NIST-PD}} template.
- Springer Encyclopedia of Mathematics, especially those articles in the category Probability and Statistics. There are two Wikipedia templates that help in citing the EoM: {{SpringerEOM}} and {{SpringerEOM attribution}}.
Reference resources
See also WikiProject Mathematics/Reference resources
The following sites are copyrighted but may be useful as references:
Open access
- A Dictionary of Statistics. Oxford University Press, 2008. Open access via Answers.com.
- StatSci.org Directory of teaching resources
- Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR) from UCLA
- statistics.com Statistical Glossary
- StatSoft Electronic Statistics Textbook
- HyperStat Online Statistics Textbook
- The Little Handbook of Statistical Practice by Gerard E. Dallal, Tufts University
- SAS/STAT documentation Provides quite a lot of background on statistical procedures
- Encyclopaedia of Mathematics (see {{Springer}})
Restricted access
- Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences (Wiley Interscience)
- Encyclopedia of Biostatistics (Wiley Interscience)
Other sources
The New York Times has collections of articles about statistics and statisticians.
Tools
- Main tool page: toolserver.org
- Reflinks - Edits bare references — adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
- Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.