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A quick NPR video describes random sampling in order to better understand the spread of COVID-19

This brief video from NPR (they make videos, what?) describes how the CDC will be randomly sampling Atlanta residents to test for COVID-19 antibodies. The efforts hope to provide a better estimate of the spread of the disease. H/t to Sy Islam for sharing this with me. I think you could use this in class as a super-fast example of how we use samples to generalize about larger populations. The CDC is sending out employees to conduct antibody tests on a random sample of Atlanta residents. The tests are meant to show how many people have been infected with the coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/mXqznHUJmV — NPR (@NPR) April 29, 2020

Online Day ?: Predicting the age of Dennis Quaid's hypothetical fifth wife.

Hi! Here is an easy-to-use review of regression, with a regression example. I posted about using this catty tweet to teach regression previously: Right? Do you see the regression? Every wife has two data points: Year she gets married, and the year she was born...and from that, you can perform a regression to predict when Quaid would actually marry someone who has not been born yet (2052). Well, I decided to make it into a whole Google Slides presentation for this example, with links to data, to use as a regression review during the quarantine. Admittedly, the example is ridiculous, and the sample is far too small to run a reliable regression. That being said, I think the example is vivid and sticks. I also think it does an excellent job of illustrating how the equation can be used to make predictions. Additionally, I genuinely find meaning in helping out my fellow statistics instructors in good times, and doubly so during this challenging semester. Feel free to view my pres...

Online Day 7: Chi-Square Examples

Here are two good review examples for chi-square, one for goodness-of-fit, and one for the test of independence. Here is my Google Slide presentation, which includes links to data sets for the examples. One features Taco Bell . The other features actual Developmental Psychology research, as featured on NPR . When I use these in class, the students have already been introduced to chi-square, have been walked through examples of both chi-squares, and then they analyze the data on their own using JASP. Y

Online Day 6: One-way ANOVA example

I hope everyone is hanging in there. Here is a pretty straight forward one-way ANOVA example that is interactive, based on for-real personality psychology research, and interesting. I blogged about this previously but whipped up a Google Slideshow you can download and edit to suit your own teaching. Also, I uploaded data that you can use with your students.  TL:DR- A bunch of researchers gave the NEO to 1.5 million Americans to determine if different regions of the US have different personality trends (see research here ).  Original Study They do. Then Time magazine reported on the study . And the scicomm was beautiful. They accurately described the research AND created a fun interactive portion in which you students can take the NEO-Short Form and be matched with the state that best matches their personality (Hi, I am West Virginia because I'm high in neuroticism and low in openness to new experiences, which are great qualities to have during a pandem...