Open Educational Resources (OERs): Statistics
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others.
Statistics Open Educational Resources
This page contains suggested textbooks and materials that are openly licensed. It is not intended to be exhaustive, but to highlight relevant materials for faculty to consider adding to their courses.
More information about evaluating OER, including assessment rubrics, can be found on the Use OER tab.
Related Library Subject Guides
The following general subject guides contain library resources freely available to PSU students:
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Textbooks
- Introductory StatisticsIntroductory Statistics follows scope and sequence requirements of a one-semester introduction to statistics course and is geared toward students majoring in fields other than math or engineering. The text assumes some knowledge of intermediate algebra and focuses on statistics application over theory. Introductory Statistics includes innovative practical applications that make the text relevant and accessible, as well as collaborative exercises, technology integration problems, and statistics labs.
- Introductory Business StatisticsIntroductory Business Statistics is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the one-semester statistics course for business, economics, and related majors. Core statistical concepts and skills have been augmented with practical business examples, scenarios, and exercises. The result is a meaningful understanding of the discipline, which will serve students in their business careers and real-world experiences.
Additional Material
- Statistics from Khan AcademyStatistics and probability practice exercises and instructional videos.
- Concepts in Statistics from LumenInteractive course offering e-text, videos, and practice. Includes a quiz bank.
- Statistics from MITWeb-based publication of virtually all MIT course content in Statistics
- Statistics from SUNYTextbooks and additional course material from the State University of New York
- Statistics from Saylor AcademyCourse materials for Introductory and Business Statistics
- Statistics from MerlotLearning materials and exercises contributed by the Merlot community with easy to use search filters.
- Statistics from LibreTextsTextbooks, homework exercises, and worksheets.