Tutoring Resources for Students
General Resources
Resources for Students in Social Sciences (Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences ) and Humanities Courses
APA Style Introduction - American Psychological Association (APA) website tutorial; this site is particularly useful for social sciences students who have no prior knowledge of APA style.
Columbia University's Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences e-Lessons - Columbia's QMSS e-lessons provide an overview and definitions of hypothesis testing, the chi-square test, the T-test, ANOVA, and multiple regression. Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate level students in biostatistics, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology courses.
Demography Terms - This page developed by the federal Population Reference Bureau contains definitions of key concepts in demography.
Introduction to Stata - This UCLA site provides an introduction to Stata as well as examples of how to read and interpret Stata output. This information is useful for students using Stata in social sciences courses (for example, business statistics and statistical methods in psychology and sociology) or courses on quantitative research methods.
Khan Academy - The Khan Academy website provides an overview of core concepts in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Finance, Probability and Statistics, as well as of select content in math, science, humanities, and computing. The site also contains some information on Humanities courses (history, art, and music).
University of Wisconsin at Madison's SPSS Statistics for Students: The Basics - This University of Wisconsin site provides a clear introduction to SPSS (version 19) and how the software is structured. It does not provide an overview of how to run statistical tests.
Hearing Science - This web site provides brief videos and visuals which may be particularly helpful for students studying the anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism.
Understanding the Anatomy and Physiology of the Voice - This website of the University of Minnesota's Lions Voice Clinic offers tutorials to help Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences students understand how the voice works, and what are different types of voice disorders and treatment options.
Resource for Students in Natural Science Courses
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University of Minnesota Online Learning Resources - This University of Minnesota website provides links to resources for students in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics courses.
