Statistics Examples They Can "Fathom"!
a session presented at the
2005 NCCTM Conference
Greensboro, NC -- October 8, 2004


This session focused on using Fathom, a statistical sofware package, to help students explore some real-life data and discover basic statistical concepts.

Here are some sample data sets:


Fathom Format
Excel Format
Atlanta Baseball Statistics ATLBaseballStats.ftm
ATLBravesStats.xls
Bone to Height Relationship
BoneLengthToHeight.ftm
BoneLengthToHeight.xls
Caffeine Data
Caffeine.ftm
Caffeine.xls
Cancer Incidence in NC Women
CancerIncidence.ftm
CancerIncidence.xls
Cereals
Cereals.ftm
Cereals.xls
Chicago Cubs Baseball Attendance
CubbieAttendance.ftm
CubbiesAttendance.xls
Chicago Cubs Baseball Statistics
CubbiesStats.ftm
CubbiesStats.xls
Drug Use In Colleges
DrugUseData.ftm
DrugUseData.xls
Gasoline Prices
GasPrices.ftm
GasPrices.xls
Gun Deaths
GunDeaths.ftm
GunDeaths.xls
House Sales by Region
HouseSalesByRegion.ftm
HouseSalesByRegion.xls
Major League Baseball Team Salaries
MLBBTeamSalaries.ftm
MLBBTeamSalaries.xls
Major League Baseball Salaries (Top 25 in 2005)
MLBBTop25Salaries2005.ftm
MLBBTop25Salaries2005.xls
Olympic Gold
OlympicGoldData.ftm
OlympicGoldData.xls
Pulse Rates Data
PulseRatesBeforeAfterExercise.ftm
PulseRatesBeforeAfterExercise.xls
Random Quadratic Data
QuadraticData.ftm
CorrelationExample.xls
SAT Data
SATData.ftm
SATData.xls
Soap Data
SoapWeight.ftm
SoapData.xls
Sports Participation Data
SportsParticipationData.ftm
 
Titanic Data
Titanic.ftm
TitanicData.xls
WCU Baseball Stats
WCUBaseball05Stats.ftm
WCUBaseball05Stats.xls

Fathom Instructions and Associated Projects and Worksheets

Graphical Displays of Data Instructions Graphical Displays Homework
Exploring Correlation and Least Squares In Fathom Correlation And Least Squares Homework
Scatterplot Homework

Good data repositories:

DASL:  http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/

OzDASL:  http://www.statsci.org/data/

StatLib:  http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/datasets/

Fathoms Links to Data:  http://www.keypress.com/fathom/pages/community_exchange/links_to_data.php

Geospatial & Statistical Data Center: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/

Statisticial Data Sets from UMass Amherst: http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~statdata/statdata/

Exploring Data (Queensland): http://exploringdata.cqu.edu.au/

Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics – Case Studies: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/case_studies/index.html




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