Resources by H. Rosling - 魅影直播 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 04:15:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Hans Rosling: The good news of the decade? /resource/the-good-news-of-the-decade/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:21:51 +0000 http://new.censusatschool.org.nz/?post_type=resource&p=4653 A TED talk by Hans Rosling that looks into the 8 Millenium goals and focuses on child mortality rates of the world.

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A TED talk by Hans Rosling that looks into the 8 Millenium goals and focuses on child mortality rates of the world.

This is an excellent example of how to interpret statistics using informed contextual knowledge (NZC,聽level 8) using time series and bivariate analysis.

Hans聽discusses聽the聽validity of the data, how to interpret time series appropriately, make聽predictions聽and聽how information can be used to be misleading.

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]]> 200 countries in 200 years /resource/200-countries/ Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:33:13 +0000 http://new.censusatschool.org.nz/?post_type=resource&p=1578 A Hans Rosling video on global development of 200 countries over 200 years.

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A famous 4 minute video by Hans Rosling and the BBC that shows the development of 200 countries over 200 years聽in terms of聽Life Expectancy and Wealth.聽 As the 200 years progress, he identifies countries as coloured bubbles and explains聽historical events聽that move the bubbles around.

Further investigation of this data聽could use the to see a current snapshot of demographics and聽development for any country聽around the world.

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