Against all odds
Subtitle: inside statistics.
Contributors: Amabile, Teresa.
Series: Annenberg/CPB collection
Publisher: COMAP and Chedd/Angier; Intellimation [distributor]
Place of publication: S.l; Santa Barbara, Calif
Format: Videorecording
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Mathematical statistics.; Statistics.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Description: Presents the why as well as the how of statistics using computer animation, colorful on-screen computations, and documentary segments.
Notes: Closed Captioned at Rock Creek  on parts 1-10, 13, 14, 19, 20, 23-26.  No captions on 11, 12, 15-18, 21 and 22.  Closed Captioned at Sylvania on all parts 1-26.

Host, Teresa Amabile.

For classroom or home use only; does NOT include public performance rights.

PCC copy on reserve for [RC MTH 243, 244].
Table of contents: title: 1. What is statistics; title: 2. Picturing distributions; title: 3. Describing distributions; title: 4. Normal distributions; title: 5. Normal calculations - - 6. Time series; title: 7. Models for growth; title: 8. Describing relationships; title: 9. Correlation; title: 10. Multidimensional data analysis; title: 11. The question of causation; title: 12. Experimental design; title: 13. Blocking and sampling; title: 14. Samples and surveys; title: 15. What is probability; title: 16. Random variables; title: 17. Binomial distributions; title: 18. The sample mean and control charts; title: 19. Confidence intervals; title: 20. Significance tests; title: 21. Inference for one mean; title: 22. Comparing two means; title: 23. Inference for proportions; title: 24. Inference for two-way tables; title: 25. Inference for relationships; title: 26. Case study.