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Psychology literature speaks of savants - people with incredibly deep comprehension in one area, yet little in others. For example, the twins who passed prime numbers back and forth for amusement (including some primes so long as to require substantial computing power to verify). While algebra is the traditional instrument for teaching statistical models, in his online course Prof. Daniel Kaplan offers another path: the use of simple geometry (lengths, angles, projection, ...) to present theory, and resampling to handle inference. This course serves as an excellent bridge between introductory courses and more specialized statistical modeling courses such as logistic regression, GLM, etc. “Introduction to Statistical Modeling” will be presented January 7 – February 4, 2011 at statistics.com. Upcoming Courses: Jan 7: Introduction to Statistics for Beginners Jan 7: Introduction to Statistical Modeling (more below) Jan 14: Probability Distributions Jan 21: Calculus Review In “Introduction to Statistical Modeling”, you will be able to construct and interpret linear statistical models involving multiple variables and co-variates, you will understand the implications of including or excluding explanatory variables, you will be able to conduct and interpret analysis of variance (ANOVA) and of covariance (ANCOVA), and you will have a solid theoretical foundation for understanding linear regression and experimental design. Dr. Daniel T. Kaplan is DeWitt Wallace professor in the Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Department at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota where he teaches statistics, applied mathematics, and computational science. He is the author of “Statistical Modeling: A Fresh Approach,” as well “Introduction to Scientific Computation and Programming, Understanding Nonlinear Dynamics,” and “Resampling Statistics in Matlab.” He won the annual Excellence in Teaching award at Macalester in 2006 and has received curriculum development grants for this approach to statistical modeling from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Keck Foundation, and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Participants can ask questions and exchange comments with Dr. Kaplan via a private discussion board throughout the period. Details: http://www.statistics.com/ourcourses/ModelingIntro/ The course takes place online at statistics.com in a series of 4 weekly lessons and assignments, and requires about 15 hours/week. Participate at your own convenience; there are no set times when you are required to be online. Look forward to seeing you online! Janet Dobbins You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.