Resources
Course material and optional learning resources
Course resources
Statistics cheat sheet
Use the statistics cheat sheet as a short reference for the IMS self-study and the quiz.
It covers observations, variables, variable types, population and sample, contingency tables, bar plots, scatterplots, mean, histograms, median, quartiles, and box plots.
Every chart on the cheat sheet comes from a worked example, so you can see what each display shows and what it hides.
Statistics quiz slides
The quiz slides hold the 14 questions from Session 7. Each answer slide gives the reason and links to the matching part of the cheat sheet. Use them to review the quiz after Day 2.
Introduction to Modern Statistics (2e)
Çetinkaya-Rundel and Hardin (2024) is a free online textbook with exercises. The GitHub repository holds the source files.
All Data Are Local
Loukissas (2019) is an open-access book from MIT Press.
Optional learning resources
MaDaLi² — Mannheim Data Literacy
University of Mannheim (n.d.) is bilingual German and English self-study material. No prior knowledge is required. Useful modules include data ethics, data collection, data management, analysis, interpretation, and publication.
Seeing Theory
Kunin et al. (n.d.) gives interactive visual explanations of probability and statistics. Use it for intuition and optional review.
Data protection
Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC)
Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (n.d.) publishes the official legal information on Swiss data protection.
Before you use personal data, check two things. Check whether the data contain information about identifiable people. Check whether your planned use is lawful and appropriate.
The literature page lists the full reference for every resource on this page.