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GeoHive: Global Statistics
A site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more. The main kind of data you can find here is population statistics of regions, countries, provinces and cities. Next to that there are some statistics on economic factors like wealth, infrastructure; statistics on natural phenomena; ....... and yet, even more."
Median vs. Mean: Know the Difference or Risk Being Manipulated (ML teachers network)
Two articles: The first one gives a good perspective of the difference between mean and median and how people manipulate the data and teh second one give s an overview of oil prices vs petrol prices (american perspective)
Mean Median Explained: Why Knowing the Difference Can Prevent YOU from Being Manipulated
The definition of median and mean and the difference between the two terms is poorly understood by many people and while in many data sets, there is only a marginal difference between the two from a practical standpoint, there is sometimes a stark difference between the two.
A STATISTICAL STUDY ON THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET or How to Win on "The Wheel of Fortune"
Statistics and probability play an important
part in our lives and are particularly useful in
helping us make wise decisions. This exercise will help
the students see that there are mathematical rules
that can effect even our use of the English language.
GRADES/SUBJECT: Appropriate for Grades 7 though 12.
Mathematics and English language.
PURPOSE: This exercise re-enforces the value of
statistical research and provides an interesting view
of the way people write.
Does the Iranian election stand up to statistics?
Can a staytistical analysis tell us if fraud was committed in the election?
Worldometers - real time world statistics -Wooooow
See real-time data on a host of topics important to daily life around the world!!
* world population (e.g., births this year, deaths today, net population growth for today)
* government and economics (daily government spending by category; computers sold)
* society and media (new book titles published, money spent on video games, Google searches)
* environment (forest loss, carbon dioxide emissions, current average temperature)
* food (tons of food produced; people who died of hunger)
* water (water consumed, people with no access to safe drinking water)
* energy (solar energy striking Earth; oil pumped; oil, gas, and coal left)
* health (deaths caused by alcohol, suicides, road traffic accident fatalities)
Worldometers' algorithm takes the latest statistical data available from the United Nations (UN), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and other institutions, and then processes them together with its estimated progression to compute figures current up to the millisecond.
Available in dozens of languages, this site is part of the Real Time Statistics Project. Read more about that here: http://www.realtimestatistics.org/
The Interpretation Of Quartiles And Percentiles
Jackies presentation at the AMesa2009 conference. You will find the discussion of this presentation and the podcast here: http://mathsliteracy.ning.com/forum/topics/the-interpretation-of
Running the numbers: A photgraphic view at statistics with a message!
Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans .......
Statistics Help for Journalists and learners
Numbers can't "talk," but they can tell you as much as your human sources can. But just like with human sources, you have to ask! So what should you ask a number? Well, mathematicians have developed an entire field - statistics - dedicated to getting answers out of numbers. Now, you don't have to have a degree in statistics in order to conduct an effective "interview" with your data. But you do need to know a few basics. Here, described in plain English, are some basic concepts in statistics that every writer should know...
Flash Lottery: draw numbers according to yhour max
This tool will draw 6 random numbers from 1 to as high as you like. The numbers are random and will be different every time. Makes a fun way to do probability exercises, extra credit questions where students have to guess the number(s) that will come up, and many other clever activities we're sure you'll think of. Have fun!
Chart Chooser Helps you choose the most applicable graph - compliance Excel and PowerPoint charts
Gapminder - Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view
Gapminder is a browser-based application which presents international statistics (relating to health, wealth, population etc.) in a highly interactive graph. The aim of Gapminder is to promote a fact-based world view through increased understanding of socio-economic data.
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