How does one teach statistics? Is it more important to start with mathematical thoroughness, or to help students to gain a conceptual understanding first? Few give a comprehensive introduction to statistics for those without the otherwise indispensable mathematical background. Manfred te Grotenhuis and Theo van der Weegen recently published an introductory book on statistics, explaining [...]
"The extra-ordinary lies within the curve of normality"
Influence.ME: an R package providing tools for detecting influential data in mixed models.