Mu120 Videocassette 1

Synopsis

Support video for course MU120 - a compilation of six programmes.
1: Advises students on the effective use of video-based course materials.
2: Shows how, since World War 2, the situation of women who go out to work has changed and discusses how statements about women’s and mens earnings might be investigated.
3: Making sense of patterns: looks at clusters in data to ask whether they have statistical significance or whether they represent chance groupings.
4 (21 min): Looks at the bird count held each summer on Skomer island. The bird numbers are very great and it is important to use a reliable system.
5 (27 min): Provides a visual experience to assist students in map reading. Looks behind the scenes at the Ordnance Survey (OS) headquarters to show some of the complexities involved in translating survey data into printed and electronic maps. Three walkers follow the Mam Tor-Lose Hill walk; ground views, aerial footage and OS three-dimensional digital mapping are used to explain questions of gradient, contour lines, saddle points, bearings, and global positioning by satellite.
6 (24 min): Looks at the timetabling of the Severn Valley Railway, much of which is single-track. The service requires mathematical techniques that rely on drawing and interpreting position-time graphs.

Series

Open Mathematics, Course Mu120

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 120 min.

Year of production

1996

Availability

Sale; 1998 sale: £120.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Documentation

Accompanying notes.

Subjects

Mathematics

Keywords

data collection and analysis; map reading; maps and mapping; mathematical modelling; railways; statistical analysis

Credits

Producer

Pip Surgey

Sections

Title

Watching out for mathematics

Synopsis

1: Advises students on the effective use of video-based course materials.

Title

Women in the workplace

Synopsis

2: Shows how, since World War 2, the situation of women who go out to work has changed and discusses how statements about women's and mens earnings might be investigated.

Title

Hotspots

Synopsis

3: Making sense of patterns: looks at clusters in data to ask whether they have statistical significance or whether they represent chance groupings.

Title

Four and twenty seabirds

Synopsis

4 (21 min): Looks at the bird count held each summer on Skomer island. The bird numbers are very great and it is important to use a reliable system.

Title

Getting your bearings

Synopsis

5 (27 min): Provides a visual experience to assist students in map reading. Looks behind the scenes at the Ordnance Survey (OS) headquarters to show some of the complexities involved in translating survey data into printed and electronic maps. Three walke

Title

Single track minders

Synopsis

6 (24 min): Looks at the timetabling of the Severn Valley Railway, much of which is single-track. The service requires mathematical techniques that rely on drawing and interpreting position-time graphs.

Production Company

Name

BBC Open University Productions

Distributor

Name

Open University Worldwide

Web

http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 1908 274066

Address

Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA

Notes

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