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Inside Statistics
DVD version

Contents:

• This highly engaging primer on statistical methods and inference introduces the practical applications of statistics. Produced by the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications and Chedd-Angier.
• Recommended by Choice, Library Journal, Video Librarian, Chance, and Video Rating Guide.
• Computer animation provides illustrations of statistical principles.
• Mathematical formulas are applied to real-world examples ranging from environmental studies to weight-loss programs
• Shows professionals using statistics as part of their jobs.
• Includes 26 half-hour programs.
  
  26 programs -- DVD version

Program Descriptions

1: What is Statistics? Discover how this complex discipline has evolved.
2: Picturing Distributions: Construct stemplots and histograms
3: Describing Distributions: Means, medians, quartiles, box-plots, interquartile etc.
4: Normal Distributions: Shows the progression from histogram to a normal curve.
5: Normal Calculations: Emission standards and cholesterol examples.
6: Time Series: Identify patterns over time, stock market example.
7: Models for Growth: Linear growth, least squares, exponential growth, etc
8: Describing Relationships: Scatterplots, smoothing, least squares regression lines.
9: Correlation: Interpreting the correlation coefficient.
10: Multidimensional Data Analysis: Bell Communications Research example.
11: The Question of Causation: The relationship between smoking and lung cancer.
12: Experimental Design: Distinguish between observational studies and experiments.
13: Blocking and Sampling: The difference between single-factor and multi-factor experiments14: Samples and Survey: Stratified random sampling is explained using a 1936 Gallup poll.
15: What Is Probability?: Deterministic phenomena and random phenomena.
16: Random Variables: Iindependence, the multiplication rule, and discrete and continuous random variables.
17: Binomial Distributions: Calculate the mean and standard deviation.
18: The Sample Mean and Control Charts: Roulette and business demonstrate the central limit theorem.
19: Confidence Intervals: Population survey example.
20: Significance Tests: A hiring discrimination case example.
21: Inference for One Mean: Paired samples and the confidence interval and test.
22: Comparing Two Means: Two-sample problems vs. paired-sample situations.
23: Inference for Proportions: Confidence intervals and tests for comparing proportions.
24: Inference for Two-Way Tables: The chi-square test.
25: Inference for Relationships: Simple linear regression, emphasizing slope, and prediction.
26: Case Study: Data collection, picturing data, drawing inferences, and evaluating conclusions.

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