This page was last updated on 29 July 2010.    

Here you will find Statistics resources and some general fun things; Maths Resources are listed under the Maths page.

Having said that my first site for information and help is  Douglas Butler's TSM Resources.

For a new look at data visit  Gapminder an interactive stats website of historical global data.You really also need to watch the video of Hans Rosling, a doctor who will change the way you look at global statistics.

Where Does My Money Go is a UK website aims to promote engagement through the visualisation of UK Public Spending; well worth having a look. Launch the Spending Dashboard!

Straight Statistics was established by journalists and statisticians to improve the understanding and use of statistics; and Michael Blastland at the BBC has Understanding Statistics in the News pages.

Understanding Uncertainty is Professor David Speigelhalter's enlightening page looking at risks. Seehim on YouTube particularly as Professor Risk.

Many years ago Neville Hunt and I produced DISCUS spreadsheets and workbooks which are free materials for teaching elementary statistics;  DISCUSS : Discovering Important Statistical Concepts Using SpreadSheets is a modified and supplemented web-based implementation of this but we are having server problems.

Neville has also been involved with  STARS: STAtistical resources from Real dataSets. Resources are accessible electronically for use by both staff and students, and they all reflect real scenarios.

On line questions in a variety of statistical topics, with solutions, are available at Simon Fraser University.

For some fun: do visit an interesting small probability site called Computer Animated Statistics, which includes a wonderful demo of the Monty Hall Paradox (do I switch my choice or not?).  Don't miss the  Probability by Surprise site which includes a natty illustration of the Birthdays problem .

To view an animated version of C.J.Minard's  diagram of Napoleon's Russian campaign visit the site of Menno-Jan Kraak.

To find out about famous bits of mathematics,  visit the site at York run by Peter Lee, and a further useful reference source, when you want to know a bit more about Student or other famous mathematicians is the History Archive at St Andrews.

Finally these aren't maths but are just fun:     Julian Beever's amazing pavement drawings that look 3D, The Flash mindreader ; the Llama song , the Dalek song, and Diet Coke and Mento madness, and the most amazing animated Word document I have ever seen.