STAT40x3 :: Interesting Links

Below are some links of interest for the course. They are divided into five parts. The first part is a series of links to the course documents. The second part is several links to journals and research article sourves. The third part consists of links directly to data sources. The final part consists of links to statistical and typesetting programs (and distributions).

Software

You need to have a USB drive dedicated to this course. Empty the USB drive. Download this compressed file to your desktop. Un-compress it to the USB drive. This way, we all have the same structure to our drive and I can answer your questions mush more easily. If you wish to install R on your home machine, use the CRAN link below and follow those instructions.

	Syllabus	This document lays out the general expectations for the course.
	Semester Project	This document lays out the requirements for the course's semester project.
	Datasets	This links to the datasets used in the course.
	R Functions	This links to a bare listing of some functions I wrote for this course. I suggest you look through these, use them as you see fit, and learn how to write them.

	Instituto Nacional de Estadística	This is the national census bureau for the Kingdom of Spain. Knowledge of Spanish is helpful, but there is also an English-language section.
	US Census Bureau	The mission of the US Census Bureau is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the nation’s people and economy. As such, it is a fantastic source of information about the United States of America.
	ICPSR	ICPSR offers a wide range of datasets available to all member institutions (of which, Oklahoma State is a member).
•	General Social Survey	The General Social Survey (GSS) is an annual survey of several key characteristics of the United States. Data goes back to 1972, when it was first initiated at the University of Chicago. As it is funded by the National Science Foundation, the data is freely available to all Americans.
	Kvasaheim data listing	An extensive listing of datasets related to International Relations.

	StatSoft	StatSoft’s electronic version of their textbook allows you to study specific topics in statistics. (They do, however, use screenshots of their proprietary statistics program.)
	CRAN	The Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) is the source for the R program as well as a source for much of its documentation and extensions. You can also access (or download) the An Introduction to R document from here.
	CTAN	The TeX Archive Network (CTAN) is a set of fully-mirrored ftp sites providing the most complete, up-to-date TeX-related software possible.
	MiKTeX	The MiKTeX distribution allows one to easily create documents in LaTeX. Download this in order to typeset your homework in LaTeX format. This program merely makes it easier to use LaTeX. You will still need a text processor, like Notepad (ewww!), WinEdt (the one I use), or LEd (freeware).