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Calculators that won't let you fool yourself.
69 clean, fast, ad-free statistics calculators — for students, researchers, clinicians and economists. Every one shows its working, states its assumptions, reads the result back to you in plain English, and links to the exact traps catalogued over at unspurious.com.
Popular p-value · confidence interval · standard deviation · t-test · z-score · mean, median & mode
Foundations
Mean, Median & Mode
All three averages at once, with range and a number line — and when each one misleads.
AveragesMedian
The middle value — the robust 50%-breakdown centre — plotted against the mean so you can see an outlier pull them apart.
AveragesGeometric Mean
The right average for growth and ratios, against the arithmetic and harmonic means — plus the true average return (CAGR) and the volatility drag the arithmetic mean hides.
AveragesHarmonic Mean
The right average for rates — with an average-speed mode that shows why 60 there and 30 back is 40, not 45 (you spend twice as long on the slow leg).
AveragesWeighted Mean
The weighted average for GPAs, grades and portfolios — each value’s contribution, the plain mean for contrast, and the result drawn as the data’s balance point.
SpreadStandard Deviation
Sample (n−1) and population (n) SD and variance, the full deviation table, CV and standard error — with ±σ bands.
SpreadVariance
Sample and population variance with every squared deviation drawn as a square — plus a mode that combines two variances (σ 3 and 4 make 5, not 7).
SpreadMean Absolute Deviation
The average distance from the centre — about the mean and the median — beside the standard deviation, and why squaring makes the SD larger and outlier-sensitive.
FrequencyRelative Frequency
The full frequency distribution table — frequency, relative and cumulative — for values, categories or bins, with a histogram and ogive.
Grouped dataGrouped Data Mean & SD
Mean, variance and SD from a frequency table of classes — the full f·m working, with the midpoint-approximation caveat.
Frequency tablesClass Width
Histogram bin width = range ÷ classes, rounded up — with Sturges/√n/Rice suggestions, the intervals, frequencies and the honest catch that width changes the shape.
ChartsPie Chart
Slice percentages and angles, drawn — beside a bar chart of the same data, because pies are hard to compare by eye.
RankingPercentile Rank
Where a score stands in a group — by all three definitions, because they disagree whenever values tie.
OrderingOrder Numbers
Sort any list least to greatest or greatest to least — and read off the order statistics it hands you: count, min, max, range, median.
SpreadQuartiles & Five-Number Summary
Q1, Q3, IQR and the box plot with outliers — by all three quartile methods, because they disagree on the same data.
SpreadCoefficient of Variation
Relative spread (SD ÷ mean) to compare variability across scales — one dataset or several, ranked by CV.
ErrorPercent Error
Absolute, relative and percent error between a measured and a true value — plus percent difference when neither reading is the reference.
StandardisingZ-Score
Value ↔ z-score ↔ percentile, placed on a shaded normal curve.
Normal curveEmpirical Rule (68-95-99.7)
The 1σ/2σ/3σ ranges and how much of a bell curve each holds — plus Chebyshev's bound when it isn't normal.
ProbabilityProbability
Combined and conditional events, repeated trials, plus combinations (nCr) and permutations (nPr).
ProbabilityConditional Probability
P(A|B) drawn as a probability tree — with the reverse P(B|A) beside it to expose the inversion fallacy, plus an independence test.
ProbabilityBirthday Paradox
Why 23 people give a better-than-even shared birthday — the famous curve, the pair count, and the contrast with someone sharing yours.
Dice & gamesDice Probability
The full distribution of any dice total (NdS) — average, spread, the odds of a target, and advantage/disadvantage.
Dice & gamesRoulette Payout & Edge
Every bet's payout and true odds — and the house edge that quietly guarantees the casino wins.
Odds & bettingImplied Probability
Decimal, fractional and American odds ↔ probability — and the overround that makes the book's chances top 100%.
Dice & gamesCoin Flip Probability
Heads odds and the full distribution, plus how likely a streak really is — and the gambler's fallacy.
ProbabilityExpected Value
The probability-weighted average of any payoff, with variance, SD and each outcome's contribution.
DiversitySimpson's Diversity Index
Simpson's D, 1−D and the reciprocal (effective species), with Shannon, evenness and richness — diversity is richness plus evenness.
RatingsFive-Star Rating
Average and Bayesian-adjusted star rating with the full breakdown — why a 5.0 from three shouldn't beat a 4.6 from thousands.
SamplingCentral Limit Theorem
The sampling distribution of the mean — standard error σ/√n and P(x̄ ≤ value), with the population and means drawn together.
Core inference
Confidence Interval
Mean, proportion, or difference between two groups — Wilson and Welch included.
EstimationPoint Estimate
The MLE, Laplace, Jeffreys and Wilson estimates of a proportion — and why x/n misleads at small n or 0 successes (the rule of three).
Comparing meanst-Test
One-sample, two-sample (Welch/Student) and paired, from summary stats or raw data.
Test mechanicst-Statistic
Just the t value — effect over standard error — for one-sample, two-sample (Welch/pooled) and paired data, with df, p and a shaded curve.
Known σ & proportionsZ-Test
One- and two-sample z-tests for means (known σ) and proportions — z, p, CI, effect size and a shaded curve.
ExperimentsA/B Test
Conversion-rate significance and uplift with a difference CI — and blunt warnings about peeking and practical significance.
Several meansOne-Way ANOVA
Compare 3+ groups: F, df, p, η² and ω², with the full ANOVA table.
Distribution-freeNonparametric Tests
Mann–Whitney U, Wilcoxon signed-rank and Kruskal–Wallis — rank-based tests for non-normal data.
AssociationCorrelation & Regression
Pearson r with CI, the least-squares line and R², plotted with the fit.
Goodness of fitCoefficient of Determination (R²)
The share of variance a model explains, from data or observed-vs-predicted — the variation split into explained and unexplained, and what a high R² can’t tell you.
Curve fittingNonlinear Regression
Quadratic, cubic, exponential, power and logarithmic fits with R² and a curve — and honest warnings on overfitting.
Curve fittingQuadratic Regression
Fit a parabola y = ax² + bx + c — equation, R², the vertex and axis of symmetry, predictions and a plot, with the extrapolation trap spelled out.
AssociationCovariance
Sample and population covariance with the correlation — and why covariance tells you direction but not strength.
EstimationMargin of Error
The ± margin for a proportion or mean, the interval, and the sample size for a tighter margin — sampling error only.
EstimationStandard Error
SE of the mean (s∕√n) or a proportion, with a 95% interval — and the standard error drawn against the standard deviation people confuse it with.
CategoricalChi-Square Test
Independence in a table or goodness-of-fit, with Cramér's V and expected counts.
Exact 2×2Fisher's Exact & McNemar
Exact tests for small or paired 2×2 tables — odds ratio, and two-sided and one-sided exact p-values.
Test mechanicsDegrees of Freedom
The df for every common test — t, Welch, χ², ANOVA and regression — with the formula and what df actually is.
Test mechanicsCritical Value
The z, t, χ² or F cut-off for any α — two-tailed, upper or lower — drawn on the curve, the table-lookup twin of the p-value.
SummarisingDescriptive Statistics
Centre, spread, shape and quartiles, with a histogram, box plot and outlier flags.
Probability & testing
p-value & Critical Value
Convert z, t, χ² or F statistics to p-values, or find critical values for any α.
DistributionsNormal Distribution
Bell-curve probabilities below, above or between values — or the inverse, the value at a percentile — each with the z-score and a shaded curve.
DistributionsInverse Normal (invNorm)
Probability in, cut-off out — left, right or central. Finds critical values (central 95% → ±1.96) and percentile cut-offs, with the curve shaded.
DistributionsDistribution Calculator
PDF/PMF, CDF, tails, intervals and quantiles for six distributions, with shaded plots.
DistributionsBinomial Distribution
Every binomial probability at once — exactly, at most, at least — with the distribution drawn, the mean and SD, and the normal-approximation rule.
DistributionsPoisson Distribution
Every Poisson probability at once from the rate λ — the rare-events distribution, with the curve drawn, mean = variance = λ, and an overdispersion warning.
DistributionsGeometric Distribution
Trials until the first success — every probability from p, the mean of 1∕p, and why memorylessness makes the gambler’s fallacy a fallacy.
DistributionsNegative Binomial
Trials until the r-th success — every probability, the mean r∕p, the geometric special case, and the overdispersed-count role.
CountingCombinations & Permutations
nCr, nPr and both with-repetition variants at once, on a 2×2 grid of order against repetition — and which everyday question each answers.
DistributionsHypergeometric Distribution
Sampling without replacement — P(exactly/at most/at least k), mean and spread, and how it differs from the binomial.
Study designSample Size & Power
n for two means/proportions and surveys; power curves; a post-hoc-power warning.
Epidemiology & evidence
Diagnostic Test (2×2)
Sensitivity, specificity, PPV/NPV and likelihood ratios — with a prevalence slider.
Classifier metricsConfusion Matrix
Accuracy, precision, recall, F1 and MCC from a 2×2 — and the accuracy paradox when classes are imbalanced.
Bayesian reasoningBayes' Theorem
The posterior P(A|B) from a prior and likelihoods, with a natural-frequency tree that makes the base-rate fallacy obvious.
AgreementCohen's Kappa
Chance-corrected inter-rater agreement with a CI — and the kappa paradox, where 90% agreement hides a mediocre kappa.
Effect magnitudeRisk & Effect Size
RR, OR, ARR, NNT with CIs and icon arrays; Cohen's d for continuous outcomes.
SynthesisMeta-Analysis
Fixed & random effects, I², a forest plot and a funnel-plot bias check.
Economics & health economics
What makes these different
They show the working
Every result unfolds the formula, the numbers you plugged in, and each step — not just an answer to copy.
Honest about meaning
A p-value tool that says what a p-value isn’t; a confidence interval that explains it is not “95% probability the mean is in here”; a diagnostic slider that shows a positive for a rare disease is usually a false alarm.
They hand you the code
Copyable R and Python for every calculation, so a result can be reproduced and dropped straight into a paper.
They link to the illusions
Each tool points to the relevant entry in the library of statistical illusions — because the fastest way to misuse a statistic is to forget what it can’t tell you.
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