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Maths Skills Centre

Maths Skills Centre
Help and resources for maths and statistics
Maths Skills Centre drop-ins
Maths Skills Centre appointments
Postgraduate Statistics Workshops
A series of four workshops starting from the basics of SPSS
Maths Skills Centre VLE (login required)
Online resources including SPSS videos, case study and transcripts

The Maths Skills Centre sources and has created online resources that address frequently asked questions, and topics in mathematics and statistics that transcend specialisms. Popular online resources linked from, or available in the VLE site include:

Mathcentre and Mathtutor videos;
HELM workbooks;
Geogebra dynamic graph plotting;
Wolfram Alpha equation manipulation and solving;
SPSS videos, case study and transcripts (based on PG workshops, but relevant and available for all);
Centre-produced videos

IT Services have a number of software packages for statistical analysis:

IT Services: Maths and stats
IT Services' software page for maths and stats tools

How do you get hold of data and statistics? Take a look at our guide to the different data sources available:

Data sources Skills Guide
A look at the statistics and datasets available at York

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