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What are the chances? probability made clear

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ISBN: 9781598032666
ISBN: 1598032666
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (22 cm.) and 1 lecture transcript (21 cm.)
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Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2006.

General 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.
Formatted Contents Note:	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. Probability everywhere.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Producer and editor, Alisha Reay ; Academic content supervisor, Pam Greer.
Participant or Performer Note:	12 lectures delivered by Michael Starbird, Professor, University of Texas at Austin.
Summary, etc.:	12 lectures about probability delivered by Michael Starbird, professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin.
System Details Note:	DVD.