The Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences website has not been significantly updated since 2011. We are preserving the web pages here because they still contain useful ideas and content. But be aware that the site may have out of date information.
You can find more recent and extensive resources on the Teach the Earth website.

How to Use Mathematical and Statistical Models

General pedagogical considerations about using any type of model.

Technical considerations related to using different modeling environments specifically with mathematical and statistical models are outlined in each link below. These include tutorials on using the software, hardware considerations, and links to specific geoscience examples that use the respective modeling environments.