Web Technology for Research and Education in Statistics

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Web Technology for Research and Education in
Statistics
André Dounia
Wolfgang Härdle
Zdenek Hlávka
Imre Kiss
Torsten Kleinow
Sigbert Klinke
Heiko Lehmann
Marlene Müller
Daniel Rahaus
Bernd Rönz
Axel Werwatz
Rodrigo Witzel
Uwe Ziegenhagen
The Multimedia Team!

• Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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Web technology for Research and Education in
Statistics

• WWW Statistical Tools
• XploRe
• Web-based Quantlets
• MDBook
• MMStat

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Web technology for Research and Education in
Statistics
WWW Statistical Tools

• Statlib (Method cemetery)
• (http//lib.stat.cmu.edu)
• Applets
• (http//www.stat.duke.edu/sites/java.html)
• CGI scripts
• (http//www.stat.ucla.edu/calculators)
• Newsgroups
• (news//sci.stat.math)
• Integrated Documents
• (http//www.viror.de/)

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WWW Statistical Tools
Statlib

• Obtain code from statlib
• copy and paste into the
• editor
• Run
• Rich methodology
• Easy drop of methods
• No homogeneous platform
• No guarantee
• Need proper software

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WWW Statistical Tools
Statlib
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WWW Statistical Tools
Applets

• Small Java program
• Start through web browser (client)
• Easy availability via browser
• Attractive for beginners
• Multiple platforms
• Code is prefixed
• Ones own data
• cannot be handled
• Closed package

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WWW Statistical Tools
CGI Scripts

• Common Gateway
• Interface
• Doesnt need Java
• Start through web server
• Easy browsing
• Fast access
• Only small data sets
• possible
• Limited methods selection
• Difficult to handle for authors

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WWW Statistical Tools
Newsgroups

• Access through email

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Web technology for Research and Education in
Statistics
Web-based Quantlets

• Net-based quantitative methods
• Exists for many user groups
• Combined into Quantlibs
• Can be accessed from many platforms
• Tutorials guide through complex statistical
  situations

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Web technology for Research and Education in
Statistics
Web-based Quantlets
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Web technology for Research and Education in
Statistics
Integrated Documents

• Lively presentation
• Object-oriented approach
• Based on Oberon
• Missing consistency
• Problems with using ones own data

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WWW Statistical Tools
MDBook
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WWW Statistical Tools
MDBook
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WWW Statistical Tools
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WWW Statistical Tools
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WWW Statistical Tools
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