What Are the Chances? Probability Made Clear

by Michael Starbird

Streaming video, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

519.2

Series

The Great Courses (1474)
The Great Courses: Science and Mathematics (1474)

Tags

probability, statistics, mathematics, Great Courses, {streaming}, {Wondrium}, {TGCyes}

Collection

Your library

Publication

Great Courses (2006), 6 hours, 12 lectures, 88 pages

Description

12 lectures about probability delivered by Michael Starbird, professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin.

Language

English

Original language

English

Local notes

[01] Our Random World: Probability Defined [02] The Nature of Randomness [03] Expected Value: You Can Bet on It [04] Random Thoughts on Random Walks [05] Probability Phenomena of Physics [06] Probability Is in Our Genes [07] Options and Our Financial Future [08] Probability Where We Don't Expect It [09] Probability Surprises [10] Conundrums of Conditional Probability [11] Believe It or Not: Bayesian Probability [12] Probability Everywhere

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