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Ten Basic Statistics MicroSims

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About This MicroSim

This interactive vis-network visualization shows the learning progression through ten fundamental statistics MicroSims. The graph illustrates:

  • Concept dependencies - Which concepts must be learned before others
  • Learning pathways - Multiple valid routes through the material
  • Topic groupings - Color-coded by subject area (fundamentals, distributions, relationships, regression, evaluation, sampling, inference)

Click on any node to see its prerequisites and what concepts it leads to.

The Ten MicroSims

  1. Exploring Data Points - Build intuition about observations and coordinates
  2. Histogram Builder - Understand frequency distributions and bin sizes
  3. Mean & Median Explorer - Compare measures of central tendency
  4. Distribution Shape Explorer - Learn about skewness and kurtosis
  5. Correlation Playground - Explore relationships between variables
  6. Least Squares Line Fitter - Minimize squared residuals
  7. R² Intuition Builder - Understand model fit quality
  8. Sampling Bias Demonstrator - Compare biased vs. random sampling
  9. Hypothesis Testing Visualizer - Observe p-values under null hypothesis
  10. Confidence Interval Explorer - Visualize interval coverage

References

  1. vis-network Documentation - vis.js - JavaScript library used for the network visualization
  2. Statistics Education Resources - American Statistical Association - Teaching statistics effectively