STATISTICS

www.amstat.org
The American Statistical Association (ASA) promotes statistical practice, education and research, publishes statistical journals and offers this website. Visitors can find, among other things, links, articles, ASA calendars and a PowerPoint presentation on careers in statistics. ASA members have access to additional online articles, a monthly newsletter and discounts on meetings, courses and publications.

www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook
This is an online version of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Engineering Statistics Handbook. It includes all eight chapters, a detailed table of contents, aids for using the book, a search function and an opportunity to provide feedback. Everything is free, and printer friendly PDFs of the chapters are also available for download.

www.sqconline.com
SQC Online is a no-frills site that offers free tools to help apply statistical quality control and statistical process control. These tools include acceptance sampling plans, control chart calculators, a glossary, frequently asked questions and PDFs of several standards. Users who provide their e-mail addresses receive updates when the site adds features.

www.stat-help.com
This website offers users the opportunity to ask a panel of volunteer consultants statistics questions free of charge. The site also contains PDFs of statistics papers, links, a list of the volunteer consultants who work through the site and information on how to become a volunteer consultant.

www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html
StatSoft’s Electronic Statistics Textbook is a free resource for people interested in enhancing their general knowledge of statistics or those needing fast answers. It includes illustrations and an easy-to-use table of contents. The more than 40 chapter topics include basic statistics, linear regression, process analysis and a statistics glossary.