Statistics Interactive

FHNW · School of Business

Statistics, hands-on.

Interactive tools to explore foundational statistical concepts – visual, intuitive, and grounded in business examples.

Learning modules

Law of large numbers

Probability

Roll dice, flip coins, spin roulette – and watch live how relative frequencies approach the true probability. Includes a gambler's-fallacy visualisation.

10 min
Conditional probability & Bayes

Probability

From medical testing to Gigerenzer-style frequency formats: why a 99%-accurate test often still produces mostly false positives – and how a confirmation test fixes that.

15 min
Explore distributions

Probability

Normal, binomial, Poisson, t, chi² – move the parameters and watch density and distribution function react.

10 min
Confidence intervals

Inference

Draw samples and observe how often the confidence interval contains the true mean.

10 min
Hypothesis test & p-value

Inference

Visualise the null and alternative distributions, and interactively explore the critical region and the p-value.

15 min
Power analysis

Study design

Vary effect size, sample size, and significance level and read off the statistical power.

10 min
Central limit theorem

Foundations

Pick any underlying distribution and watch how the sampling distribution of the mean converges to the normal as n grows.

10 min
Correlation & regression

Relationships

Place or drag data points and watch the regression line and residuals update in real time.

15 min
Significance & truth

Inference

When does a significant p-value point to a real effect? Connect prior probability, power, α, and bias.

12 min
Robustness lab

Inference

Monte Carlo simulation after Rasch, Kubinger & Moder: how well do Student's t, Welch, Mann-Whitney, Yuen, and a permutation test hold the nominal α – and how much does their power differ?

15 min
Compare groups with your own data

Inference

Paste a CSV or pick a sample dataset and immediately compare Welch's t, Student's t, Mann-Whitney U, and Yuen's t with confidence intervals, effect sizes, and diagnostic plots.

15 min
Understanding effect sizes

Inference

Explore Cohen's d, r, odds ratios, overlap, and the common language effect size interactively – with Cohen's benchmarks set against the effects actually observed in psychology.

12 min