Against All Odds: 3. Describing Distributions

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

This free online video program "examines the difference between mean and median, explains the use of quartiles to describe a distribution, and looks to the use of boxplots and the five-number summary for comparing and describing data. An illustrative example shows how a city government used statistical methods to correct inequity between men’s and women’s salaries." This individual video is accessed by scrolling down to the "Individual Program Descriptions - 3. Describing Distributions" and click the "VOD" icon at the top-right of the description.

Alternate Title	Against All Odds
Date Issued	1988
Resource Type	Simulation (DCMI Type Vocabulary) Reference Material (DCMI Type Vocabulary) Lecture/Presentation (DCMI Type Vocabulary)
Format	video
Audience	College --Undergrad Lower Division High School
Relation	http://www.causeweb.org/repository/AAO/AAO.pdf
Source	http://www.learner.org/resources/series65.html
Email Address	broadband@learner.org
Date Of Record Creation	2005-03-23 21:32:51
Date Of Record Release	2005-05-12 12:01:01
Date Last Modified	2006-12-05 15:19:55
Statistical Topic	Data Presentation -- One Numerical Variable -- Graphical Displays Data Presentation -- One Numerical Variable -- Measures of Location
Material Type	Multimedia
Typical Learning Time	Video Length 28min. 42sec.
Author's Name	Annenberg/CBP
Author's Organization	Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications and Chedd-Angier
Technical Requirements	Windows media player, broadband connection, Java script enabled
Source Code Available	No
Intended User Role	Learner
Application Area	Mathematics
Copyrights	Yes
Cost involved with use	Free to all
Math Level	Algebra level symbolic math

Date Record Checked: 2004-03-09 00:00:00

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Against All Odds: 3. Describing Distributions