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In this clip, histograms and boxplots are used to display the results of a study into the number of hours gym members use the gym each week. This clip introduces important terms and concepts including range and median values, upper and lower quartiles, left- and right-skewed data, boxplot whiskers, and symmetrical and asymmetrical data displays.
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This clip explores the probability of seeing Australian animals on a wildlife tour and uses relative frequency to describe the chances of seeing particular animals. Collected data is displayed in two-way tables and probabilities of "and/or" events are calculated. This clip introduces and defines important terms like experimental probability, relative frequency, and complement. Ideal for applying mathematical concepts to real-world situations.
28) ANOVA: Lecture 9
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In this video lecture, Professor Naomi Lowe explainsAnalysis of Variance (ANOVA).
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In this clip, the results of student surveys are collated into tables and means are calculated. Students are asked to rate a music genre from 1 to 5, and in a separate survey are asked to identify their favorite genre from a given list. This resource explores categorical and numerical data, relative frequency, sample size, variation of means, and column graph interpretation.
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What do mathematicians mean when they say that an event has a 50 percent probability of occurring? How does the study of statistics apply algebraic principles to real-world events and conditions in a meaningful way? Why are data analysis and probability so closely related, and what are the practical benefits of studying them together? This video answers these questions and addresses fundamental concepts such as the law of large numbers and the notion...
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This book explains that the theory of probability has its origins in the Renaissance with the work of Girolamo Cardano and later Galileo Galilei and also discusses the use of probability in modern safety analysis and phone networks and the use of statistics in epidemiology and actuarial science.
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Draws on Enrico Fermi's theory of approximation in a series of word puzzles that demonstrates how to build on available information to extrapolate numeric solutions, calculating such random conundrums as the number of licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop and the length of time needed for a monkey to type Shakespeare plays.
35) Numbers rule your world: the hidden influence of probability and statistics on everything you do
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Takes readers inside the hidden world of facts and figures that affect them every day.
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"A new approach to uderstanding the ever-changing information that bombards us. Arbesman is an expert in scientometrics, literally the science of science--how we know what we know. It turns out that knowledge in most fields evolves in systematic and predictable ways, and understanding that evolution can enormously powerful"--
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It may sound improbable for young people to be fascinated by the mathematics of chance and prediction - but this program will almost certainly make it happen! Set in the intriguing world of cards, coins, and dice, the video introduces the basic concepts of probability through colorful, easily understood examples. Viewers learn about complementary events, two-way tables, Venn diagrams, tree diagrams, and independent and dependent events. Featuring...