Video and Multimedia

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Video:

Improving Human Welfare in 2013
Learning Objective: 1-1: Why do we use statistics to analyze data?
Description: This clip describes how statistics are used in many different fields.

Different Methods of Data Collection
Learning Objective: 1-4: What are the methods we use to collect data? | 1-5: How do the methods used to collect data affect the statistics we use?
Description: This clip compares descriptive, correlations, and experimental studies.

Reliability Versus Validity
Learning Objective: 1-5: How do the methods used to collect data affect the statistics we use?Description: This clip compares reliability and validity using the classic example of dartboard.

Web:

This is Statistics
Learning Objective: 1-1: Why do we use statistics to analyze data?
Description: This page by the American Statistical Association teaches students why you should study statistics and the kinds of career paths that are possible with statistics (or how statistics are used even if you want to pursue fields other than statistics). There are some video links of people who hold positions using statistics, which allow students to explore on their own.