JOURNAL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND DECISION SCIENCES, 7(2), 85–92 Copyright c  2003, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Electronic Resources: The Ohio State University EESEE Project PETRA L. GRAHAM † pgraham@maths.newcastle.edu.au Statistics, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Australia WILLIAM I. NOTZ win@stat.ohio-state.edu Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, USA DENNIS K. PEARL dkp@stat.ohio-state.edu Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, USA ELIZABETH A. STASNY eas@stat.ohio-state.edu Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, USA Abstract. Electronic resources aid in the teaching and learning of statistics by pro- viding data that may be used interactively by teachers and students. By interacting with the data students are encouraged to discover knowledge and thereby gain a deeper understanding of statistical concepts. The Electronic Encyclopedia of Statistical Exam- ples and Exercises (EESEE) is an electronic resource that includes over 80 ‘real-world’ examples about the uses and abuses of statistics. These examples are drawn from pub- lished and printed media and the diverse range of subject-matter areas make it suitable for use in any statistics course. Keywords: education resources, multimedia, statistics education, teaching and learning statistics 1. Introduction Modern teaching methods encourage students to discover knowledge [10] and learn concepts by working on real problems. Known as constructivism in educational theory, this method allows the student to construct their own understanding of a problem (see [9] and [3] for more detailed descriptions). Literature agrees that learning in this way promotes deeper understanding and critical thinking ([5], [4]). Real-world examples are also an important pedagogical tool because they not only help to illustrate the practical use of statistics [5] but are also † Requests for reprints should be sent to Petra L. Graham, Statistics, School of Math- ematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Australia.