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Title:

Against All Odds: 15. What Is Probability?

Alternate Title:

Against All Odds

Url:

http://www.learner.org/resources/series65.html

Description: In this free online video program, "students will learn the distinction between deterministic phenomena and random sampling. This program introduces the concepts of sample space, events, and outcomes, and demonstrates how to use them to create a probability model. A discussion of statistician Persi Diaconis’s work with probability theory covers many of the central ideas about randomness and probability." This individual video is accessed by scrolling down to the "Individual Program Descriptions - 15. What Is Probability?" and click the "VOD" icon at the top-right of the description.

Date Issued:

1988

Resource Type:

Lecture/Presentation (DCMI Type Vocabulary)

Format:

video

Audience:

College --Undergrad Lower Division
High School

Relation:

http://www.causeweb.org/repository/AAO/AAO.pdf

Email Address:

broadband@learner.org.

Date Of Record Creation:

2005-03-24 02:28:08 (W3C-DTF)

Date Of Record Release:

2005-05-12 12:28:47 (W3C-DTF)

Date Record Checked:

2004-03-09 (W3C-DTF)

Date Last Modified:

2006-05-22 11:15:52 (W3C-DTF)

Statistical Topic:

Probability

Material Type:

Multimedia

Typical Learning Time:

Video Length 29min. 6sec.

Author's Name:

Annenberg/CBP

Author's Organization:

Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications

Technical Requirements:

Windows media player, broadband connection, Java script enabled

Intended User Role:

Learner
Teacher

Application Area:

Mathematics

Copyrights:

Yes

Cost involved with use:

Free to all

Math Level:

Algebra level symbolic math

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