Against all odds. 20, Random variables / writer/producer/director, Maggie Villiger ; Annenberg Learner ; Chedd Angier.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Villiger, Maggie, director, producer.

Sabeti, Pardis, 1975- host.

Annenberg Learner (Firm), production company.

Chedd-Angier Production Company, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statistics--Study and teaching.

Statistics.

Random variables.

Genre:

Instructional films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (11 minutes)

Other Title:

Random variables

Place of Publication:

District of Columbia : Annenberg Learner, 2014.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

The Challenger space shuttle disaster was blamed on faulty O-rings. How can probability calculations on random variables help predict the chances of this kind of failure? About this Series: The new Against All Odds is intended as a one-year introduction to statistics. Made up of vivid real-world examples, our goal is to present statistics in the context of its contemporary use. Host Dr. Pardis Sabeti guides viewers through the wide range of statistical applications used by scientists, business owners, and even Shakespeare scholars, in their work and daily lives. Starting with descriptive statistics, the series continues through probability and inference. Each unit builds on preceding ones to expand students' statistical knowledge and solidify their understanding of how the concepts fit together. Statistical case studies range from finding patterns in lightning strikes, to linking DDT to the decline of peregrine falcons, to analyzing salaries to lobby for comparable pay for men and women. Against All Odds takes you inside statistics!

Participant:

Host, Dr. Pardis Sabeti.

Notes:

"Inside statistics".

Title from resource description page (viewed August 14, 2018).

OCLC:

1052764008