Out of the Blue?

Synopsis: Uses statistical models to explore the effect of possibly inadequate sewage disposal at sea on the well-being of swimmers, based on a study at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia. Uses a bar chart to plot the numbers of swimmers suffering from ear infections and then, in order to make further progress in trying to assess health risks, explores a Poisson probability mode. Also uses information from the Imperial War Museum, London, to demonstrate the creation of a probability model to explore how accurately German bombs hit their targets in England during World War 2.
Series: Elements of Statistics, Course M246
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1995
Availability: Off-air recording licence
Sale; 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Mathematics
Keywords: probability theory; randomness

Producer

Cast

Daniel Lunn
Don McNeil

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