TV and VCR course on statistics:

"AGAINST ALL ODDS: INSIDE STATISTICS"
Produced by the CPB/Annenberg Educational TV Project
in conjunction with
the American Statistical Association and
the American Society for Quality Control

This series is shown each semester on Chicago's WYCC, Channel 20 (phones: 773/838-7878 for WYCC; 312/553-5970, Ext. 5985 for the Center for Open Learning regarding courses).

Schedule for Fall Semester, 1999:
Monday thru Thursday, 12:30-1:00 p.m., for 13 weeks starting 23-Aug

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The programs are shown on Monday and Tuesday, then repeated on Wednesday and Thursday. For example, the program shown on Monday, 23-August, will be repeated on Wednesday, 25-August, and the program shown on Tuesday, 24-August, will be repeated on Thursday, 26-August. The programs will not be shown in order. The first several shows will be Programs #1, 2, 3 and 11. Here is a tentative listing. 

                                          1st

                                         showing       Rerun

                                        ---------   ---------

   1: WHAT IS STATISTICS?                 M, 23-Aug   W, 25-Aug  

   2: PICTURING DISTRIBUTIONS             T, 24-Aug   Th,26-Aug  

   3: DESCRIBING DISTRIBUTIONS            M, 30-Aug   W,  1-Sep  

  11: THE QUESTION OF CAUSATION           T, 31-Aug   Th, 2-Sep

  12: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN                 M,  6-Sep   W,  8-Sep   

  13: BLOCKING AND SAMPLING               T,  7-Sep   Th, 9-Sep    

  14: SAMPLES AND SURVEYS                 M, 13-Sep   W, 15-Sep   

  15: WHAT IS PROBABILITY?                T, 14-Sep   Th,16-Sep   

  16: RANDOM VARIABLES                    M, 20-Sep   W, 22-Sep   

  17: BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTIONS              T, 21-Sep   Th,23-Sep   

   4: NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS                M, 27-Sep   W, 29-Sep    

   5: NORMAL CALCULATIONS                 T, 28-Sep   Th,30-Sep  

   6: TIME SERIES                         M,  4-Oct   W,  7-Oct   

   7: MODELS FOR GROWTH                   T,  5-Oct   Th, 8-Oct    

   8: DESCRIBING RELATIONSHIPS            M, 11-Oct   W, 13-Oct    

   9: CORRELATION                         T, 12-Oct   Th,14-Oct    

  10: MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA ANALYSIS      M, 18-Oct   W, 20-Oct    

  18: THE SAMPLE MEAN AND CONTROL CHARTS  T, 19-Oct   Th,21-Oct   

  19: CONFIDENCE INTERVALS                M, 25-Oct   W, 27-Oct   

  20: SIGNIFICANCE TESTS                  T, 26-Oct   Th,28-Oct   

  21: INFERENCE FOR ONE MEAN              M,  1-Nov   W,  3-Nov   

  22: COMPARING TWO MEANS                 T,  2-Nov   Th, 4-Nov   

  23: INFERENCE FOR PROPORTIONS           M,  8-Nov   W, 10-Nov   

  24: INFERENCE FOR TWO-WAY TABLES        T,  9-Nov   Th,11-Nov   

  25: INFERENCE FOR RELATIONSHIPS         M, 15-Nov   W, 17-Nov   

  26: CASE STUDY                          T, 16-Nov   Th,18-Nov
Note:
At UIC the cassettes are available in the Architecture and Art (film and VCR) Library, 3rd floor Douglas Hall. The catalog numbers are T-1067-A/M, 13 cassettes with two half-hour programs each.
Created: 28 July 1999       Updated: 31 August 1999