Case study

United States, 1989

Film
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Episode number 26 of Series “Against all odds: inside statistics”.
Hosted by Teresa Amabile, this program presents a detailed case study of statistics at work in a real world setting, demonstrating the range and power of concepts and techniques shown in the series. The case study follows the development and use of the drug AZT.

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Credits

producer/director

Peggy Girshman

production company

Chedd-Angier Productions

COMAP

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1989

Appears in

Against all odds: inside statistics

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Against all odds: inside statistics

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304713

Language

English

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drugs - Research

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Statistics

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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