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Creation of Statistical Resources from Real Datasets


  Coventry University  
Kingston University Nottingham Trent University Oxford Brookes University
  The Higher Education Academy  

Welcome to STARS

The STARS project has used real datasets and scenarios to help develop teaching and learning resources for staff and students. The statistics packages being used are Excel, MINITAB, SPSS and, to a minor extent, SAS.

The site content and materials will be updated to take account of feedback and additional resources. If you can't find something you're looking for please contact us.

Pick a discipline from the list below to see some related scenarios, which contain statistical data and suggested worksheets:

Follow this link to find out more about STARS. Registered members of staff may visit the staff area for editable versions of all the worksheets available on the site. Please contact us to request a password for this area.

Follow these links for information about the Excel Random Data Generator ISCUS and Web-based Generic Worksheet Generator DRUID.

Follow this link to download handouts from our workshop held on 8th September 2005.

A glossary of statistical terms can be found on the STEPS website.