General Resource Sites

• Exploring Data Resource Kit Australian website. Organized by statistical topic. Provides curriculum support materials for teachers of introductory statistics.
• The Chance Course A collection of syllabi and materials from past Chance courses.
• Chance News A newsletter of miscellaneous media items useful for class discussion.
• Chance and Data in the News  A Tasmanian site.  News items, class activities, and statistical topics are cross referenced.
• Links to Stat Education Resources    A Finnish site offering an extensive collection of statistical education resources.
• Statistical Science Web  An Australian site. Topics for statisticians concerning the Internet.
• Statistics Network  A web-based network of experienced statisticians and related professionals.

Data Sets

• Carnegie Mellon Data and Story Library   Nice cross indexing of examples by statistical topic and academic area
• JSE Data Archive   Journal of Statistical Education data set archive.
• University of Michigan Statistical Resources Center  Huge set of links to data sources.
• Data Surfing on the Web   Page of data links maintained by Robin Lock, St. Lawrence University.
• LA Times Poll Results   Many interesting contingency tables summarizing results of various LA Times polls.

Java Demonstrations

• Illinois Stat 100 Java Applets Including poker, Monty Hall's Let's Make a Deal, correlation guessing, and box models.
• Java Stat Links to many different Java demonstrations and calculators.
• Rice University Virtual Lab in Statistics
• Sampling Distribution Simulation from Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
• Probability and Statistics Simulations   Interactive probability and statistics applets. Authored by Kyle Siegrist, University of Alabama in Huntsville.
• Coin Flipping Page Flip a penny or a dime, and see the results of two million previous flips.
• Computer Animated Statistics Uses computer animated images to perform probability studies of fortune cookie fortunes, cereal prizes, roulette and Let's Make a Deal.

Surveys and Public Opinion Polls

• Gallup Polls Recent polls done by the Gallup Polling organization.
• The Major Polls A set of links to all of the major polls (USA Today, CNN, NY Times, ABC, Gallup, ...). Maintained by The Washington Post.
• PollingReport.com A collection of recent poll results on business, politics and society from many different sources. Shows table summaries and changes over time.
• USA Today Internet Quick Polls about Health Polls about health issues using volunteer samples.
• University of Wisconsin Why Files on Polling A nice discussion of basic polling principles.
• 20 Questions A Journalist Should Ask About A Poll An excellent article from the National Council on Public Polls.
• How CNN Polls are Conducted A page of Frequently Asked Questions about CNN polls.
• Princeton Survey Research Center A good starting point with links to survey data.
• National Opinion Research Center A non-profit corporation affiliated with the University of Chicago that conducts survey research in the public interest, including the General Social Survey.
• General Social Survey A great place to get good survey data on topical issues.

Observational Studies and Experiments

• Reuters Daily Health News Good daily summaries of health related news. Nice source of current examples.
• USA Today Health Index An archive of past health stories in the USA Today newspaper.
• CNN Health News CNN current health related stories.
• Index to Medical Journals   A large set of links to medical journals. University of Bergen, Norway.

Other Related Materials

• Glossary of Mathematical Mistakes A nice collection of examples of ways people misinterpret numbers.
• The Junk Science Home Page The name of the site says it all. The author of this site show no mercy in his criticisms of topical research studies.
• How Numbers Are Tricking You   Examples of misleading statistics.
• The Let's Make A Deal Three Door Problem  Car Talk Radio's discussion of the optimal strategy.
• The Skeptical Inquirer The online version of a magazine devoted to the skeptical examination of claims of the paranormal.