How to get help
Any problems you have with SOFA Statistics can probably be solved - whether they are beginner questions or more complex problems.
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There are also user introductory videos at
SOFA Statistics YouTube channel or in higher resolution below (NB iPhones will need to use YouTube); and some very helpful tutorial videos at SOFA Statistics Tutorials on YouTube
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Cool stuff on Statistics/Analysis
Listing items here is not necessarily an endorsement - but every item should be stimulating and thought-provoking.
- Why Statistics is more important than Calculus
- Mind-blowing and inspirational data presentation
- Bad statistics in media etc called out
- Tutorial on Hypothesis Testing
- BBC Podcast More or Less: Behind the Stats
- Barefoot statistics: Data for the people
- Odds Are, It's Wrong - Science fails to face the shortcomings of statistics
- Radical Statistics (stats for progressive social change)
- Straight Statistics (removing the spin)
- CAST (Computer-Assisted Statistics Textbooks)
- The Guardian Data Blog - Facts Are Sacred
- The Cult of Statistical Significance (Amazon Books esp customer reviews)
- Interesting data/visualisations
- Sometimes grumpy critiques of data visualisations
- Charts you are going to love
- When good infographics go bad
- Green Jelly Beans Linked to Acne (Not!)
- Black Swan Theory
- The Flaw of Averages: Why We Underestimate Risk in the Face of Uncertainty
- Faked survey data or just mangled?
- Political polling beats gut instinct
- Lies, Damed Lies, and Medical Science
- Simple Small Truth the goal
- Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
- Publication bias as bad as research fraud
