External links in Statistics for Social Sciences

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General statistical literacy

Gallery of Data Visualization: The Best and Worst of Statistical Graphics including "the most misleading graph ever published"  
by Michael Friendly, York University (Toronto, Canada), 2007

Statistical zombies ("the top ten mistakes that infest day-to-day reporting of numerical and statistical information")  
Kevin Drum, Mother Jones magazine, November 2010

Ten Common Statistical Mistakes by Stuart McErlain-Naylor, 2021, summarising an eLife paper by Makin and Orban de Xivry.

Politics

Quantitative Politics  
wiki bringing together links University level resources produced by University of Maryland GVPT

GOV 1000/2000/2000e Quantitative Methods for Political Science I  
by Professor Adam Glynn, Harvard University - syllabus / course outline

Sociology

Can humour make students love statistics?  
Andy Field on how he makes use of eels, quails and lap dancers in his teaching. Psychological study of how humour can be used to help teach statistics to sociologists.

UK Data Service: Teaching Datasets

Geography

Geospatial Analysis - a comprehensive guide  
A complete 200-page book online, by Michael de Smith and Paul Longley, University College London, and Mike Goodchild, UC Santa Barbara

Economics

See the Economics Network's links to statistical resources for economics

Other

A Quick Guide to Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences, 27 page PDF, published 2020 by Christine Davies, University of Wales Trinity Saint David

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