Blatt, Joseph 1948-Overview
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Joseph Blatt
Feeling free
by Mary Beth Sullivan
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4 editions published between 1979 and 1985 in English and held by 405 libraries worldwide Children with learning problems and physical disabilities talk about their handicaps.
Against all odds inside statistics
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6 editions published between 1988 and 1989 in English and held by 241 libraries worldwide Twenty-six programs on 13 videocassettes, each cassette running ca. 30 minutes, explain the principles of statistics using real-world situations. Originally developed as a public television series.
For all practical purposes
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3 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 129 libraries worldwide A series which stresses the connections between contemporary mathematics and modern society. Presents a great variety of problems that can be modeled and solved by quantitative means.
College algebra in simplest terms
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4 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 125 libraries worldwide Presents the role of algebra in daily life and demonstrates practical applications in the workplace. Uses symbols, charts, pictures, and state-of-the-art computer graphics to illustrate basic algebraic techniques. Reviews problems step-by step, focusing on the methods students find most difficult to grasp.
Statistics
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5 editions published between 1987 and 1988 in English and held by 57 libraries worldwide Sol Garfunkel takes the viewer on an exploration of statistics and their related display and interpretative disciplines. Methods of gathering useable reliable data, such as randomization, and sampling are discussed. Methods of graphical displaying data from histograms to three dimensional computer arrays are shown. Statistics are shown to be useful when patterns of events are more important than individual events themselves. Finally the methods for stating the reliability of the results are explored.
Race for the top
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4 editions published between 1990 and 1993 in English and held by 50 libraries worldwide Shows the competition between Fermilab in the United States and CERN in Europe to discover the "top quark" (the predicted, but not yet detected fundamental subatomic particle).
Normal calculations ; Time series
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1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 50 libraries worldwide Normal calculations covers standardization and calculation of normal relative frequencies from tables and assessment of normality by normal quantile plots. Time series deals with distribution of a single variable, change over time, seasonal variation, inspecting time series for trends, and smoothing by averaging. Uses animated graphics, on-location footage, and interviews.
An Astronaut's view of earth
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4 editions published between 1991 and 1992 in English and held by 49 libraries worldwide Film footage on the earth shot aboard the Space Shuttle.
Describing distributions ; Normal distributions
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1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 49 libraries worldwide Describing distributions deals with numerical measures of specific aspects of distribution, such as center (mean, median), spread (percentiles, boxplots, standard deviation), and resistance. Normal distributions covers density curves as smoothed histograms (mean, median, percentiles for density curves) and normal distributions (locating the mean and standard deviation, the 68-95-99.7 rule). Uses animated graphics, on-location footage, and interviews.
What is statistics? ; Picturing distributions
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1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 45 libraries worldwide Presents the why as well as the how of statistics using computer animation, colorful on-screen computations, and documentary segments.
Algebra in simplest terms
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3 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 43 libraries worldwide This is an instructional series of 26 half-hour programs for high school, college, and adult learners, or for teachers seeking to review the subject matter. Host Sol Garfunkel explains concepts that may baffle many students, while graphic illustrations and on-location examples demonstrate how algebra is used for solving real-world problems. Algebra is important in today's world, used in such diverse fields as agriculture, sports, genetics, social science, and medicine. This series helps students connect algebra's mathematical themes and applications to daily life.
For all practical purposes. Statistics
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5 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 31 libraries worldwide These five programs from the series For All Practical Purposes explore the nature and use of statistics in the modern world.
For all practical purposes. Social choice : #15 prisoner's dilemma
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1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 26 libraries worldwide Program 15 discusses the human problem of making decisions, such as in business and politics. Partial conflict results in these situations and cooperation for mutual benefit is shown to be the best solution for these games of partial conflict.
For all practical purposes. Statistics : #8 organizing data. #9 probability
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1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 24 libraries worldwide Program 8 focuses on exploratory data analysis, emphasizing that the human eye and brain are the best known devices to see and recognize patterns. Introduces histograms, medians, quartiles, scatterplots and boxplots. Program 9 analyzes how we can predict long-term patterns of chance events by looking at the operation of a gambling casino. Introduces elementary probability concepts along with an analysis of normal curves, standard deviation and expected value.
For all practical purposes. Statistics : #10 statistical inference
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1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 23 libraries worldwide Focuses on the concept of a confidence interval and describes precisely what opinion polls do and do not tell us.
For all practical purposes. Statistics : #6 overview. #7 collecting data
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1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 23 libraries worldwide Program 6 introduces the major themes of statistics, collecting data, organizing and picturing data and drawing conclusions from data. Program 7 looks at data collection and explores how surveys and public opinion polls actually work. Discusses the difference between a survey and an experiment and considers why and how chance is used in random sampling to make our confidence in our findings more certain.
For all practical purposes. Management science : #1 overview. #2 street smarts
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1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 23 libraries worldwide Program 1 demonstrates the scope of applicability of management science concepts to algorithms. Program 2 explains the use of graphs in solving routing problems.
Overview
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10 editions published between 1985 and 1987 in English and held by 22 libraries worldwide Introduces the major themes of statistics, collecting data, organizing and picturing data and drawing conclusions from data.
For all practical purposes. Computer science : #25 computer graphics / #26 conclusion
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1 edition published in 1987 in English and held by 22 libraries worldwide Program 25 shows how computer art, graphics and animation is created. Explains pixels and how their collective image can represent a picture or any graphic symbol. Program 26 sums up the key points in the series and emphasizes the real-world applications of mathematics in today's society and the mathematical models that can be built from them.
For all practical purposes. Management science : #3 trains, planes & critical paths. #4 scheduling problems
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1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 22 libraries worldwide Program 3 shows how graphs can be used to solve routing problems faced by governments or businesses. Program 4 shows the advantages of making mathematical models and spelling out assumptions when trying to solve problems involving the scheduling of machines and people. more
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Algebra Algebra--Study and teaching Algorithms Chance Children with disabilities--Psychology Computer graphics Computer science Computer science--Mathematics Confidence intervals Decision making Distribution (Probability theory) Earth Exploration of outer space Films for the hearing impaired Form perception Games of strategy (Mathematics) Game theory Gaussian distribution Graph theory Juvenile works Linear programming Management science Mathematical analysis Mathematical models Mathematical statistics Mathematics Mathematics--Study and teaching Mathematics--Study and teaching--Audio-visual aids Normal numbers Operations research Outer space Particles (Nuclear physics) Photographs--from space Popular works Probabilities Production scheduling Public opinion polls Quarks Sampling (Statistics) Size perception Social choice Space shuttles Standard deviations Statistics Statistics--Graphic methods Surveys Time-series analysis United States Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Voting--Mathematics
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