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Behavioral Statistics in Action Book Cover Image
Behavioral Statistics in Action, 3/e
Mark W. Vernoy, Palomar College
Diana J. Kyle, Fullerton College

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Histogram Applet by R. West, University of South Carolina
(http://www.stat.sc.edu/~west/javahtml/Histogram.html)

This is an interactive applet that demonstrates how bin width affects a histogram. The durations of eruptions of the Old Faithful geyser is the dataset used.
Histogram Simulation and Applet by Rice Virtual Lab
(http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/stat_sim/histogram/index.html)

The exercise is a nice demonstrating bin width changes. Students can choose a dataset and explore the changes.
The Gallery of Data Visualization and the Best and Worst Statistical Graphics
(http://hotspur.psych.yorku.ca/SCS/Gallery/)

This website has examples of some of the best and worst published graphs.