Stats Literacy
Listen to this interview, and check out Rhys Jones’ latest book: Statistical Literacy: A Beginner's Guide.
How to present numeric data
Find tips to help you share your research and numerical findings.
What is randomness?
Dr. Stephen Gorard defines and explains randomness in a research context.
The power of prediction
Mentor in Residence Stephen Gorard explains how researchers can think about predicting results.
Teaching and learning quantitative research methods in the social sciences
Instructional tips for teaching quantitative data analysis.
What to do about missing data?
Tips for dealing with missing data from Dr. Stephen Gorard, author of How to Make Sense of Statistics.
How Standard is Standard Deviation?
Learn more about standard deviation from a paper and presentation from Dr. Stephen Gorard.
Why use Microsoft Excel for Social Research Projects?
How can you use Excel in your data analysis? Charlotte Brookfield explains!
Creative ways to teach from Dr. Gorard
Have you seen Dr. Gorard use card tricks to teach research methods? Watch this video!
Teaching and Learning Excel for Data Analysis
Don’t have funds for data analysis software? Use Excel! Learn how in this interview with Charlotte Brookfield.
Dr. Stephen Gorard Helps You Understand Statistics
Listen to Dr. Stephen Gorard discuss his no-nonsense approach to statistics.
Teaching Students Quants is Hard Enough and Now I Have to Do It on MS Teams!
Professor Julie Scott Jones discusses lessons learned from teaching quantitative research methods online.
Making Statistics Accessible and Relevant in Politics and IR
After 20 years of teaching research and quantitative methods to students in Political Science in the US, UK, and the EU, Dr. Loveless has developed a teaching method that has resulted in greater student success in statistics in each passing year
Working with population data
Mentor in Residence Stephen Gorard explains how to use population data.
Planning to Analyze Quantitative Data: The Role of Hypotheses and Transparency
Dr. Ann Sloan Devlin, author of The Research Experience, discusses first steps in data analysis for quantitative studies.
R and Data Analysis: Open-Access Articles
Want to use R for statistical analysis? These open-access resources might help!
Sage Books about Quantitative Data Analysis with R
Learn about R and find books about using this language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.
Tomorrow’s news today
Throughout history humanity has had the urge to predict the future. The Greeks consulted the Delphi Oracle, whereas the Romans inspected sheep entrails and modern day sages poke around tea leaves to get the skinny on the future. This desire to predict the future has found its way into finance where modern day Haruspices pop up on television to make confident boasts about the future direction of the share du jour. All, but the very fortunate of these modern day prophets fail at their impossible task.