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List of Statistics Lists Version of 23 May 1996
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This is the latest version of my list of statistics lists; help with
adding to, correcting, or improving it would be much appreciated.
A number of these lists are now linked to newsgroups, either in the
sci.stat.* series or, for software packages, the comp.soft-sys.* series.
Some people may prefer reading news to email, particularly on groups with
a lot of traffic.
The latest version of this list is always available as follows. Send a
one line email message to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
send minitab list-of-lists
The list is kept with the files of the minitab list simply for my
convenience, as the list owner of the minitab list is me.
Alternatively, this list can be viewed from the Mailbase World Wide Web
pages. The current page has the URL
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists-k-o/minitab/files/list-of-lists
If you wish to provide a hyperlink to this page from elsewhere, please
let me know that you have done so. This will help me to guage the
level of interest in this resource.
Links within the Mailbase system might change, so it is also worth
mentioning the main page from which links exist to the Minitab list and
hence to this file. This has the URL
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/welcome.html
It is also worth mentioning the following WWW page which provides links
to a great variety of information about Statistics Resources on the Web.
It is maintained by the Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for
Statistics at Glasgow University. The URL is
http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/cti/links_stats.html
Mike Fuller
Canterbury Business School, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7PE,
UK
Tel +44 1227 827729 direct line; 827726 messages; 764000 switchboard
Fax +44 1227 761187; email :
M.F.Fuller@ukc.ac.uk
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Statistics related email lists
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Some lists are available from more than one site. I have usually only
specified one site. Internet style addresses have been given throughout,
and older bitnet style addresses replaced.
(The relatively few UK users who still use JANET format addresses should
reverse the site part of address so that, for example,
allstat@mailbase.ac.uk becomes, for JANET, allstat@uk.ac.mailbase)
The case used when typing the names of lists is rarely of importance. When
keying them in, use upper or lower case as you prefer. The lists below use
lower case throughout, with two exceptions.
The first is that, because it is very easy for the suffix -l which is used
in a number of listnames to be mistyped as -1, the lists below show this
as -L for clarity.
The second exception is that if a name or acronym is usually capitalised,
such as ISO9000 or TQM, upper case is generally used below.
Details of how to join lists are given at the end of this article. This
requires careful reading to cope with the exceptions to the rules. You may
like to print a copy of the article for this reason.
Core multi-purpose lists
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edstat-L@jse.stat.ncsu.edu covering teaching and learning of statistics
stat-L@vm1.mcgill.ca covering statistical consulting issues
allstat@mailbase.ac.uk multipurpose British list with less traffic
than the two North American based lists above
abe-L@vm.lncc.br the list of the Brazilian Association of
Statistics - mostly in Portuguese
anzstat@qut.edu.au Statistics list for Australia & New Zealand
asacnslt-nonphd@jse.stat.ncsu.edu Created for non-Ph.D. statisticians
iasc@stat.unipg.it International Association for Statistical
Computing list (IASC is a section of ISI)
stats-discuss@mcc.ac.uk queries, discussion, opinion about statistics;
run from Manchester, England
stat@statlab.uni-heidelberg.de Computational stats. group of German
section of International Biometric Society
ucla-stat@julia.math.ucla.edu Statistics list at UCLA
The first two of these have been linked to newsgroups in the sci.stat.*
series, sci.stat.edu and sci.stat.consult; sci.stat.math is a general
mathematical statistics newsgroup in the same hierarchy not linked to a
list.
Technique or Topic related lists
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ai-stats@watstat.uwaterloo.ca Artificial Intelligence & Statistics
albert-gifi@julia.math.ucla.edu Named for A. Gifi; concerned with his
interests, including areas of non-linear
multivariate analysis & stat. computing
bayes-news@stat.cmu.edu News about the Bayesian world
class-L@ccvm.sunysb.edu concerned with Cluster Analysis
dea-health@mailbase.ac.uk Data Envelopment Analysis, particularly but
not only in health care
exact-stats@mailbase.ac.uk concerned with tests based on randomisation
and permutation methods
multilevel@mailbase.ac.uk multilevel modelling for analysing nested data
semnet@ua1vm.ua.edu concerned with Structural Equation Models
(as implemented is LISREL, EQS and AMOS)
stat-design@listproc.wsu.edu optimal and experimental design
timeseries@mailbase.ac.uk discussion about time series, but not consultancy
Other computing & mathematics lists potentially relevant to statisticians
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comb-L@cmich.edu Combinatorial Mathematics
hybrid-list@cs.ua.edu Hybrid models in artificial
intelligence and cognitive science,
incl. fuzzy logic & neural networks
lflat@listserv.rediris.es Fuzzy Logic and Technologies (Spanish)
L-math@math.uio.no History and philosophy of
mathematics and probability
ml@ics.uci.edu Machine Learning
simul-model@listserv.rediris.es Dynamic Systems Modelling &
Simulation (Spanish)
Software specific lists (Statistical and selected mathematical
software)
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bmdp-L@vm1.mcgill.ca BMDP
bugs@mailbase.ac.uk BUGS: free software for Bayesian
inference
chest-sas@mailbase.ac.uk ) The CHEST lists arise from a set
chest-saspac91@mailbase.ac.uk ) of UK Higher Education software
chest-spss@mailbase.ac.uk ) deals; these are the lists most
chest-systat@mailbase.ac.uk ) likely to interest statisticians;
) SASPAC91 processes UK Census data
) for small areas and localities
data-desk@ieunet.ie Data Desk exploratory data analysis
epi-info@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu EpiInfo list
gaussians@uclink.berkeley.edu concerned with GAUSS software
genstat@listserv.rl.ac.uk Genstat
glim-L@listserv.rl.ac.uk GLIM
jmp-L@wubios.wustl.edu JMP is a product of SAS Institute
limdep-L@gsb.usyd.edu.au Limdep specialises in limited
dependent variable models
maple-list@daisy.uwaterloo.ca Maple Computer Algebra System
math-L@technion.ac.il Mathematica and Matlab
mathcad@eng.monash.edu.au Mathcad mathematical "scratchpad"
minitab@mailbase.ac.uk Minitab
pstat-L@irlearn.ucd.ie P-STAT
rs1-L@vm1.nodak.edu BBN's RS/Series software
s-news@utstat.toronto.edu S statistical language for UNIX
sas-L@uga.cc.uga.edu SAS statistics & data management
saspac-L@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu SAS Public Access Consortium
spssx-L@uga.cc.uga.edu SPSS
stat-lisp-news@stat.umn.edu discusses XLispStat software
statalist@dsg.harvard.edu about Stata software
systat-L@spss.com Systat
A number of these lists are linked to newsgroups in the comp.soft-sys.*
hierarchy, such as comp.soft-sys.sas. Some software, such as the econometric
package SHAZAM, has a newsgroup, comp.soft-sys.shazam but no linked email
list that I know of.
At the time of writing proposals are being considered for changing the
name of the newsgroup for SPSS from comp.soft-sys.spss to
comp.soft-sys.stat.spss and to link a proposed news group
comp.soft-sys.stat.systat to the systat-L mailing list.
Related lists of statistical interest in other subjects
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Business, Economics, Management, Quality, etc.
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corryfee@mundo.eco.utexas.edu these three cover economics/
econometrics
csemlist@mundo.eco.utexas.edu covers the Comp.Sci./Economics
interface
scelist@mundo.eco.utexas.edu SCE: Society for Computational
Economics
econometria@listserv.rediris.es Spanish list for econometrics
discussion
econometric-research@mailbase.ac.uk list name says it all...
mug-L@watarts.uwaterloo.ca computable general equilibrium
economic models
rfe-all@wuecon.wustl.edu lists distribute Resources for
Economists
rfe-summary@wuecon.wustl.edu information in full or in summary
form
ISO9000@vm1.nodak.edu documentation related to ISO quality
standard
quality@pucc.princeton.edu quality issues in manufacturing
& services
total-quality-isostds@mailbase.ac.uk for those working on
or towards ISO standards
total-quality-statistics@mailbase.ac.uk statistics for continuous
improvement
TQM-L@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu Total Quality Management in
higher education
perf-measures@financenet.gov measuring US Government
Performance
idss@socs.uts.edu.au Intelligent Decision Support
Systems list
orcs-L@vm1.ucc.okstate.edu covering the OR Computer Science
interface
ornet@mailbase.ac.uk Forum for the Operational Research community
privacy@ftc.gov Privacy principles for online data collection
- run by the US Federal Trade Commission
Humanities and Social Sciences
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ai-geostats@gis.psu.edu Spatial data analysis; ai is short for Arc/Info
but all Geographic IS are now covered
tgis-l@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu Temporal Topics in Geographic Information
Systems
content@list.gatech.edu Content analysis, including statistical aspects
qual-software@mailbase.ac.uk CAQDAS (Computer Assisted Qualitative Data
Analysis Software)
aera-d@asuvm.inre.asu.edu Measurement & methodology in education research,
largely psychological statistics
earli-ae@nic.surfnet.nl European Association for Research on Learning
and Instruction list in which statistical
issues sometimes emerge, e.g., about assessment
psysts-L@mizzou1.missouri.edu Univ. of Missouri list (of local
use for their psychology statistics work)
validata@ua1vm.ua.edu psychological measurement and validation
socbb@soc.surr.ac.uk ] sociological in orientation
methods@unmvma.unm.edu ]
por@unc.edu public opinion research list
sos-data@unc.edu data sources for social sciences
demographic-list@coombs.anu.edu.au demography/population studies
h-demog@uicvm.uic.edu (or @msu.edu) historical demography
nonlinss@emuvm1.cc.emory.edu chaos, etc. - run from a Politics dept.
chaopsyc@moose.uvm.edu chaos models in psychology
Official Statistics, Data Archives and related groups
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essex-cso-databank@mailbase.ac.uk Essex Univ. ESRC Data Archive for
UK Central Statistical Office
(now Office for National Statistics)
census-analysis@mailbase.ac.uk ) three related lists about
census-news@mailbase.ac.uk ) aspects of the UK Population
census-publications@mailbase.ac.uk ) Census
compstat@tamvm1.tamu.edu Help with use of S&P's Compustat
company financial databases
crsp-L@tamvm1.tamu.edu Help with use of the databases of the Univ. of
Chicago Centre for Research in Security Prices
daily@statcan.ca Official Statistics News from Statistics Canada
hddflash@tome.worldbank.org Not a discussion group, but a World Bank email
list about population and human development
(previously called PHNFLASH)
midas@mailbase.ac.uk Manchester Information Datasets
and Associated Services
nukop-statistics@mailbase.ac.uk UK Official Statistics Publications
Statistics in Science, Medicine and related topics
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biometry@med-stat.gwdg.de Biometry list at Gottingen, Germany
biotelem@bguvm.bgu.ac.il Biological telemetry list
clinical_trials@world.std.com about ... clinical trials
egret-L@listserv.dartmouth.edu epidemiology - linked to egret software
epidemio-L@cc.umontreal.ca bilingual epidemiology list
epivet-L@upei.ca concerned with epidemiology and
veterinary medicine
evalten@world.std.com statistical issues related to mental
health systems
evidence-based-health@mailbase.ac.uk critical appraisal in health care
fish-ecology@searn.sunet.se area of interest self evident - the
list owner wants statistical contributors
health-econometrics@mailbase.ac.uk the name tells all ...
qmlist@tbone.biol.scarolina.edu Quantitative morphology list
smbnet@fconvx.ncifcrf.gov Society for Mathematical Biology;
also covers clinical trials
spenepid@zippy.dct.ac.uk spatial & environmental epidemiology
Teaching related lists (includes teaching statistics, educational
assessment)
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apstat-L@etc.bc.ca for teachers and others interested in
the new (starts 1997) North American
Advanced Placement Statistics Exam
Chance News Chance News is not a discussion group,
but uses email from its base at
Dartmouth to distribute items from
periodicals which can be used to motivate
the teaching and learning of statistics
edstat-L@jse.stat.ncsu.edu covering teaching and learning of statistics
mathkit@unc.edu Technical issues about MathKit software use
nctm-L@sci-ed.fit.edu National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
k12assess-L@lists.cua.edu School level assessment issues
A request to readers
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This list still reflects to a greater extent than I would like my own
interests. Suggestions from other subjects - psychology, biometrics,
indeed most natural sciences ... would be very welcome, and of any gaps
elsewhere. Lists about probability topics, as distinct from statistics,
would also be interesting.
Joining a list
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Listserv based lists
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For most of these lists the following will work. Notice the format above is
@. Send email to
listserv@ with a one line
message
subscribe
Do not include signature files - you want a plain vanilla one line
message,
so as not to confuse the software at the other end.
For instance, to join edstat-L, send email to
listserv@jse.stat.ncsu.edu with the message being
subscribe edstat-L Anne Other
if a two word version of your name is Anne Other.
Some listservs may ask you to confirm your request in some way, either on
joining or perhaps every year thereafter. Some may provide you with an
initial password, but ask you to change it. So pay careful attention to
the messages you receive from the listserv, and follow the instructions.
It is sensible to retain these messages as the information provided often
has vital details of how to leave the lists and how to search associated
files and archives of past messages.
If your attempt to join the list does not work, then try sending the
standard message to -request@ (or possibly
-approval@ or owner-@ ).
This will usually be attended to by the list owner/manager.
Exceptions
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For some lists the address to email to is not listserv@ but
@. The exceptions are noted below, first for
the many lists at the UK national Mailbase, and then a number of others,
including those using listproc and majordomo to manage their lists.
Mailbase lists (Lists with addresses @mailbase.ac.uk)
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For allstat, minitab, and all other open UK mailbase lists
replace listserv by mailbase,
e.g. to join allstat, send a message to
mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
containing the single line
subscribe allstat Anne Other
or even
join allstat Anne Other
replacing Anne Other with your own name.
The exact-stats lists at the UK mailbase is an exception, as it not open
for automatic self-subscription. To join this list, send a message - which
need not be in the standard format, and may include reasons for wanting to
join the list, to exact-stats-request@mailbase.ac.uk where the list owner
will deal with it personally.
Listproc based lists
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For the bayes-news, daily, epidemio-L, epivet-L, iasc, idss, nctm-L,
perf-measures, qmlist, statalist, stat-design and systat-L lists email the
standard one line Listserv style message to listproc@
Majordomo based lists
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The ai-geostats, apstat-L, clinical_trials, corryfee, csemlist,
demographic-list, epi-info, evalten, hybrid-list, jmp-L, maple-list,
mathcad, rfe-all, rfe-summary, scelist, stat-lisp-news and stats-discuss
lists use majordomo software. To subscribe to majordomo lists send a one
line message to majordomo@
The message can just be the one line
subscribe
The software will extract your name and address details from the header of
your message.
- Lists where you email to -request
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For the ai-stats, content, data-desk, fish-ecology, gaussians, L-math, ml,
privacy, s-news, socbb, spenepid and stat (stat@statlab.uni-heidelberg.de)
lists, email your message to -request@, e.g.,
ai-stats-request@watstat.uwaterloo.ca
The message can normally be the same as if you were emailing to a
Listserv list.
Unfortunately, this is not always the case. The content list
requires the subject of the message to be the one word subscribe,
thus
Subject: subscribe
The body of the message has to be left blank.
It is also quite possible that -request@ may be
human, rather than software. So the form of the message may not need to be
quite as terse as the standard one line listserv message, but you should
generally include all the information which the one line message does -
the fact that you want to subscribe, the name of the list and your own
real name. The header of your message will show your email address.
Other Exceptions
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For the albert-gifi list send an email message to
listserver@math.ucla.edu
subscribe
For the anzstat and k12assess-L lists send an email to
mailserv@
with the majordomo style one line message
subscribe
For the ucla-stat list send an email message to the list owner, Jan de
Leeuw, deleeuw@math.ucla.edu or
deleeuw@laplace.stat.ucla.edu
To receive Chance News by email, contact
jlsnell@dartmouth.edu
For the mug-L list contact the list owner,
nguyen@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca
A Plea on behalf of List Owners / Managers
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One word of warning: do not send subscription messages to the lists
themselves, as they will be broadcast to all members, and the list manager
will have to intervene and add you manually if (s)he is a kind hearted
person.
The same applies to leaving lists. By and large, just send a message
to the relevant listserv or equivalent, with the text being
unsubscribe
Notice that your name is not part of the message.
A common cause of difficulty in leaving lists is that your email address has
changed, perhaps only slightly, since you first joined. In that case you
will need to ask the list owner for help.
If you do get into a situation where you want the list owner's help, a
message to -request@ or perhaps (alternatively) to
owner-@ will reach the individual concerned. For
example, a message sent to minitab-request@mailbase.ac.uk will wing its
electronic way to me, as the relevant list manager.
Good luck with your use of email lists. And please keep me posted about
errors and omissions - by email of course!
Mike Fuller
Canterbury Business School, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7PE, UK
Tel +44 1227 827729 direct line; 827726 messages; 764000 switchboard
Fax +44 1227 761187; email
M.F.Fuller@ukc.ac.uk
Acknowledgements
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Many statisticians or infonauts have made useful comments and suggestions,
either to me directly, or through announcements to lists or newsgroups,
or occasionally through information on World Wide Web pages.
This list is incomplete, but thanks are due to: Hans Amman, Al Best, Kevin
Barry, Pat Ballew, Andrew Blair, Ronan Conroy, Peter Dalgaard, Stephen
Evans, Emil Friedman, Gianfranco Galmacci, Graham Gibbs, Bill Goffe, Bill
Gould, Bill Greene, Roger Hadgraft, Donal Hanna, Anne Hawkins, David
Harmon, Ted Harding, Jesus Sanz de las Heras, Marty Hoag, Bruce
Hollingsworth, Richard Jensen, Murray Jorgensen, Carolyn Kotlas, Andreas
Krause, Thomas Krichel, Andrew Lawson, Gavin Longmuir, Margaret Mackisack,
David Madigan, H. Alan Montgomery, Brian Monsell, Leigh Morris, Mark
Myatt, Vivian Neou, Timothy O'Brien, Clive Osmond, Simon Peters, R. Allan
Reese, Dennis Roberts, Naoki Saito, Ruth Sandor, Ian Saunders, Erran
Seaman, Ken W Smith, Una Smith, Aldo-Pier Solari, Gary Teare, Frederic
Udina, Antony Unwin, Dave Warne, Meredith Warshaw, Rodney Wolff, David
Wormuth, Forrest Young, Stuart Young and others.
(c) Copyright Mike Fuller 1996.
Not to be reproduced without the author's explicit written consent.
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