Videos in Statistics for Social Sciences

The following high-quality videos are presented by Ken Heather of the University of Portsmouth and produced by StreamLearn LLC.

1. Interpreting and Using Data (19'02")
2. Understanding Formulae: The Middleman (15'16")
3. Understanding Formulae: Part Two (13'41")
4. Percentages: Books, Wastewater, Chickens and Elections (14'37")
5. Variance and Standard Deviation: Investing Your Savings (19'43")
6. Introducing averages: the Distribution of Wealth (15'55")
7. Index Numbers (21'04")
8. Developing Index Numbers: The Human Development Index (19'39")
9. Decision Analysis: Uncertainty and Climate Change (25'36")
10. The Chebyshev Theorem: Fish 'n' Chips (11'48")
11. The Normal Distribution, Part One: Aircraft and Body Mass Index (19'12")
12. The Normal Distribution, Part Two: Shoplifting (10'31")
13. Sampling and Wastewater (12'13")
14. Voting and Sampling (14'23")
15. Lorenz Curves: Analysing the Distribution of Income (15'19")
16. Rank Correlation: Analysing Voter Concerns (13'37")
17. Turnover and Correlation (10'28")
18. Regression Analysis: Corruption and Investment (17'21")
19. Hypothesis Testing (17'43")
20. Income Distribution revisited (17'00")

See the METAL Project or the Warwick Refresher Mathematics for Economics for related videos in Maths.

Index of interviewees

• James Balog: Founder and Director, Extreme Ice Survey Film 9
• Gary Becker: Professor of Economics, University of Chicago; Nobel laureate Film 1, Film 6, Film 8, Film 17, Film 19, Film 20
• David Blake: Private Client Fund Manager, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. Film 5
• Rene Brodeur: Director of Programs, Boulder Shelter for the Homeless Film 8, Film 20
• Margareta Cederfelt, member of the Swedish Parliament Film 18, Film 20
• Eli Chidas, Human Rights Activist, Denver Day-Labour Street Market Film 15
• Pauline Courtenay: Labour party activist Film 14
• Chris Douville: Co-ordinator of Wastewater Treatment, City of Boulder WWTF Film 4 Film 13
• Jeff Friday: Professional pilot, Aspen Airport Film 11
• Jeremy Griffiths, Director, Marketing Sciences Europe, Maritz Research Film 19
• Greg Harms: Executive Director, Boulder Shelter for the Homeless Film 8, Film 20
• Wendy Hayes: Law student, University of Portsmouth Film 5
• Kurt Keilback: Water Quality Analyst, City of Boulder WWTP Film 4
• Lara Kueppers: School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced Film 9
• Christel Lundh: Ersta Diakoni Hospital for Homeless People Film 8
• Annabel Martin: Manager, Waterstone's bookstore Film 4 Film 12
• Maria Miller: MP for Basingstoke, Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Film 16, Film 20
• Robert Nicholls: Professor of Coastal Engineering at the University of Southampton; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) author Film 9
• Zacharias Peithis, coffee shop owner, Thessaloniki Film 18
• John Pullinger: Director General, Information Services, House of Commons Library; Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society Film 1, Film 3
• Hertzel Reihanian: Benetton franchise owner Film 12
• Elisa Richards, Director, Maritz Research Ltd. Film 10
• Dr. Alexandros Psychogios, Senior Lecturer, City College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, Greece Film 18
• Jesper Roine: Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, Stockholm School of Economics Film 6
• Simka Stefanova, deputy editor, SEDEM, Bulgaria Film 18
• James Thompson: Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto Film 9, Film 14
• Dr. Leslie Szamosi, Senior Lecturer, City College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, Greece Film 18
• Doug Walker: Operations supervisor, City of Boulder WWTF Film 13
• Carolyn Wooldridge, Labour Candidate for county council, Brighton Hill, Baskingstoke Film 4
• Sir Robert Worcester, KBE, DL: Founder of MORI Polling and Research; Chancellor, University of Kent Film 1, Film 14, Film 16