Why Use Statistics? (4 Parts)

Synopsis

Series showing the relevance of statistics to science subjects and teaching the basic statistical methods required. Real-life situations illustrate the relevance of statistics to a variety of disciplines, with animated graphics used to illustrate the theoretical principles and clarify the processes involved. Exercise pauses are provided at regular intervals. The underlying theme of these modules is that variability is a fact of scientific life and that statistics helps to handle this variability and to draw suitable inferences from it.
1 (1994): Uses blood pressure measurement to illustrate systematic and random errors; bias and random variation.
2 (1994): Covers qualitative and quantitative data; dot plots; bar charts and histograms; summary measures and characteristic values (mode, median and mean); the ‘spread’ of a distribution (quartiles, inter-quartile range and standard deviation); introduction to normal distribution.
3 (1994): Explains why samples are so important in estimating data relating to entire populations. Covers: random samples; the ‘standard error of the mean’; the ‘95% confidence interval’.
4 (1995): Covers scatter diagrams; line of best fit; correlation coefficient; curve of best fit.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of production

1995

Documentation

Accompanying teachers’ notes with exercises.

Uses

A-level science; others who wish to master statistics with an applied viewpoint.

Subjects

Mathematics

Keywords

statistics

Online availability

URI

http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk/

Price

academic subscription

Delivery

Download

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 0 PAL

Price

£25 each or £100 the set

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

22, 24, 19, 14 minutes

Year

2014

Sections

Title

Handling variability

Synopsis

1 (1994): Uses blood pressure measurement to illustrate systematic and random errors; bias and random variation.

Title

Describing data

Synopsis

2 (1994): Covers qualitative and quantitative data; dot plots; bar charts and histograms; summary measures and characteristic values (mode, median and mean); the ‘spread’ of a distribution (quartiles, inter-quartile range and standard deviation); introduc

Title

Using samples

Synopsis

Module 3: Using samples covers random samples, standard error of the mean, and the 95% confidence interval.

Title

Bivariate data - when y depends on x

Synopsis

4 (1995): Covers scatter diagrams; line of best fit; correlation coefficient; curve of best fit.

Production Company

Name

Sheffield University Television

Notes

Now: University of Sheffield, Learning Media Unit (5/00)

Distributor

Name

Educational Broadcasting Services Trust

Email

support@fenc.org.uk

Web

http://www.fenc.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01553 630828

Address

c/o fenc
The White House
8 Gayton Road
Ashwicken, Kings Lynn
Norfolk
PE32 1LS

Notes

EBST was set up in 1987, to spread specialist learning through broadcast and new media; it’s roots were in BBC and public service broadcasting. Now EBST Online is part of FENC (www.fenc.org.uk).

Name

JISC MediaHub

Notes

NB. As of 1 September 2016, the Jisc MediaHub subscription service is no longer available. However, all the multimedia content that Jisc has licensed for use by higher and further education institutions, which is currently accessed via the MediaHub subscription, is available through a new service, MediaPlus, at http://mediaplus.alexanderstreet.com.

Name

University of Sheffield Learning & Teaching Services

Web

http://onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/browse/category.asp?compid=1&modid=1&catid=114 External site opens in new window

Phone

0114 22 20401

Address

New Spring House (Ground Floor)
231 Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2GW
United Kingdom

Notes

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