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What are the chances? : probability made clear
- Title
- What are the chances? : probability made clear / Michael Starbird ; The Teaching Company.
- Publication
- Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., ©2006.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| disc 1-2 | Moving image | Use in library | QA273 .S737 2006 disc 1-2 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. +
- Summary
- 12 lectures about probability delivered by Michael Starbird, professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Series Statement
- The great courses
- Uniform Title
- Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics
- Alternative Title
- Probability made clear
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Lecture
- lectures.
- Lectures.
- Educational films.
- Instructional films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Conférences.
- Films autres que de fiction.
- Note
- Course consists of 12 lectures in 2 parts. Each part consists of 1 videodisc and each videodisc consists of six lectures.
- Course No. 1474.
- "Science & Mathematics"--Container.
- Credits (note)
- Producer and editor, Alisha Reay ; Academic content supervisor, Pam Greer ; directors, Jon Leven, Jim Allen.
- Performer (note)
- 12 lectures delivered by Michael Starbird, Professor, University of Texas at Austin.
- System Details (note)
- DVD.
- Contents
- Part 1. Lecture 1. Our random world--probability defined -- Lecture 2. The nature of randomness -- Lecture 3. Expected value--you can bet on it -- Lecture 4. Random thoughts on random walks -- Lecture 5. Probability phenomena of physics -- Lecture 6. Probability is in our genes -- Lecture 7. Options and our financial future -- Lecture 8. Probability where we don't expect it -- Lecture 9. Probability surprises -- Lecture 10. Conundrums of conditional probability -- Lecture 11. Believe it or not--Bayesian probability -- Lecture 12. Probabilitiy everywhere.
- ISBN
- 1598032666
- 9781598032666
- OCLC
- ocm78757715
- 78757715
- SCSB-1475487
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library