For Instructors
Instructor Portal
The Instructor Portal provides teaching resources for each book. Access it at instructors.marginoferrormedia.com.
What Is Available
The portal includes resources organized by book and by chapter. The goal is to reduce prep time without dictating how you teach. You know your students better than any textbook author does.
- Suggested syllabi and course schedules (8-week and 16-week formats)
- Chapter-level learning objectives aligned to common accreditation standards
- Slide decks that follow each chapter’s structure
- Discussion prompts and in-class activities
- Additional datasets for assignments and projects
- Solutions to selected end-of-chapter exercises
- Links to the interactive tools, organized by topic
Resources by Book
Margin of Error (Statistics) Slides, exam question banks, and interactive demonstrations for each statistical concept. Datasets drawn from business contexts including marketing, operations, finance, and healthcare.
Run the Numbers (R and the Tidyverse) Code-along notebooks, starter scripts for assignments, and grading rubrics for data analysis projects. Instructions for setting up classroom R environments.
Good Data Starts Here (Survey Design) Sample surveys for critique exercises, measurement validation activities, and templates for student survey projects. Rubrics for evaluating survey instruments.
Evidence First (Research Methods) Research proposal templates, literature review guides, IRB application examples, and rubrics for research reports. Case studies for discussing research design tradeoffs.
Make It Visible (Visual Analytics) Visualization critique worksheets, dashboard design assignments, and datasets suited for geographic mapping exercises. Gallery of student work examples (with permission).
Access
The portal is available at no cost to verified instructors. To request access, email books@marginoferrormedia.com with your name and a link to a course page or faculty listing.