This directory is the top level in my "guides" collection that is now maintained in Subversion, the version management system. At the very bottom of this webpage, you should just see the "naked" directory listing from the Linux server. If I've forgotten to link up something from this beautified top part, well, you can still get there by clicking below. The folders are hierarchically organized.
pdf files are generally output from LaTeX documents, which are also included in the same directory. It is fine with me if teachers or students download this material and use it in any way they want to, including the possibility of revising and updating the documents themselves. I am retaining copyrights, I am offering this under the GNU Free Documentation License, version 1.3 or greater. As far as I understand it, this means others can take my words and use them however they want, revised or not (with attribution) as long as they do not try to block other down stream users from having the same access.
This collection grows and shrinks with my interests and teaching activities. If you have Java turned on in your Web browser, you should see my "mind map" display to help navigate in stat. By far the best lectures are on Regression models, in particular, multicollinearity. But some of the other ones are OK too :)
The R program and language for statistics. There are separate lectures on data management, plotting, and statistical analysis.
How to use Linux, the "command line interface", LaTeX/LyX, or Subversion. I wrote the LaTeX template for MA and Doctoral theses at KU in 2011, and my newest version should always be there.
Historically, I found it easier to write essays and pass them out. Breaking everything down into slide shows is a hassle. So essay-ish handouts are called "guides". Slide shows, on the other hand, are called "lecture".
If these documents help you learn something, send me an "atta boy" at pauljohn at ku dot edu. If you spot mistakes, notify me as well.
2012-01-01