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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the classroom to the courtroom and from financial markets to supermarkets, an intriguing and illuminating look at how randomness, chance, and probability affect our daily lives that will intrigue, awe, and inspire.
“Mlodinow writes in a breezy style, interspersing probabilistic mind-benders with portraits of theorists.... The result is a readable crash course in randomness.” —The...
“Mlodinow writes in a breezy style, interspersing probabilistic mind-benders with portraits of theorists.... The result is a readable crash course in randomness.” —The...
6) Random acts of medicine: the hidden forces that sway doctors, impact patients, and shape our health
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"Why do kids born in the summer get diagnosed more often with A.D.H.D.? How are marathons harmful for your health, even when you're not running? What do surgeons and salesmen have in common? Which annual event made people 30 percent more likely to contract COVID-19? As a University of Chicago-trained economist and Harvard medical school professor and doctor, Anupam Jena is uniquely equipped to answer these questions. And as a critical care doctor...
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"At its simplest, Bayes's theorem describes the probability of an event, based on prior knowledge of conditions that might be related to the event. But in Everything Is Predictable, Tom Chivers lays out how it affects every aspect of our lives. He explains why highly accurate screening tests can lead to false positives and how a failure to account for it in court has put innocent people in jail. But its influence goes far beyond practical applications....
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Emma's band wants to post a music video on YouTube, but they aren't sure which of their songs should be featured. Emma's best friend helps them choose by using Facebook contacts to conduct a survey, exploring the concepts of qualitative and quantitative data along the way. Viewers learn how to sample, present, and analyze data, generate histograms, frequency tables, stem and leaf plots, determine the interquartile range, and more. The video also defines...
9) Introduction
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This introduction to British documentary film maker Tony Palmer's 17-part series on the history of popular music includes performances by Jerry Lee Lewis, Liberace, The Beatles and more. The series documents the development of popular music and how it has influenced and been influenced by society.
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In this clip, multiple surveys investigating the number of times Australians visit the beach each week are conducted and analyzed. Follow along as the means and medians are calculated for each survey. How survey data was obtained and the impact on the results and reliability of the surveys are discussed. Ideal for applying mathematical concepts to real-world situations.
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This clip investigates statistical data and data displays used in the advertising of a new gym. Follow along to find the inconsistencies in the statistics, graphs, and pie charts and discover more about how the media can sometimes manipulate statistics and displays to support their claims.
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It’s time to make math sense of our surroundings! We’ll start by collecting and organizing information from our daily lives. Students will learn how to interpret this information through visuals like lists, charts, tree diagrams, and graphs. The tour doesn’t stop here, though; we’ll move on to describing the outcomes based on probability, mean, median, mode, and range. The wold will make much more math sense after these exercises! Topics include:...
20) ANOVA: Lecture 9
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In this video lecture, Professor Naomi Lowe explainsAnalysis of Variance (ANOVA).