Making statistics matter.

What does fashion have to do with statistics? Mathagony Aunt visits Carnaby Street to discover the connection. She visits a fashionable boutique and talks to the owner. She discovers that there is a common size ratio for clothes sizes that is in the ratio of 1:2: 2:1. Students at Vyners school look...

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Corporate Author:	Glasshead Productions (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	[London] : Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education, 2005.
Series:	Education in video KS3 maths
Subjects:	Mathematics > Study and teaching > Great Britain. Mathematics > Study and teaching > Activity programs. Statistics > Study and teaching. Mathématiques > Étude et enseignement > Grande-Bretagne. Mathématiques > Étude et enseignement > Méthodes actives. Mathematics > Study and teaching. Great Britain. Alexander Street Video. Instructional television programs. Émissions pédagogiques télévisées.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	What does fashion have to do with statistics? Mathagony Aunt visits Carnaby Street to discover the connection. She visits a fashionable boutique and talks to the owner. She discovers that there is a common size ratio for clothes sizes that is in the ratio of 1:2: 2:1. Students at Vyners school look at clothes sizes and shoe sizes and decide which average is useful. Would the mode or median be useful in ordering stock? What do these averages reveal?
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (14 min.).