The Rice Virtual Laboratory in Statistics is an integrated combination of a
n electronic textbook, simulations/demonstrations, and case studies. The el
ectronic textbook covers baste concepts in statistics and data analysis and
contains links to data analysis tools, instructional demonstrations/simula
tions, and other on-line texts. The simulations and demonstrations hell, ma
ke abstract concepts concrete and allow students to investigate various asp
ects of statistical tests and distributions. Case studies demonstrate the r
eal-world applicability of statistical methods. Materials are available on
the World-Wide Web.