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Asthma and the bean - This programme concerns a collection of sudden, short-lived but widespread and severe, episodes of asthma in Barcelona in the early and mid 1980s and the (largely) statistical... detective story that uncovered its cause. -- In search of certainty - This programme is of a historical nature, exploring the life, achievements and legacy of Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, the great 20th-century statistician and geneticist. It also shows how important Fisher's methods and ideas remain in the modern world. The specific application areas considered in the programme range from agriculture to the human genome project to motor engineering.
Asthma and the bean - This programme concerns a collection of sudden, short-lived but widespread and severe, episodes of asthma in Barcelona in the early and mid 1980s and the (largely) statistical... detective story that uncovered its cause. -- In search of certainty - This programme is of a historical nature, exploring the life, achievements and legacy of Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher, the great 20th-century statistician and geneticist. It also shows how important Fisher's methods and ideas remain in the modern world. The specific application areas considered in the programme range from agriculture to the human genome project to motor engineering.
| Module code and title: | SMK184, "Chance, risk and health" |
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| Item code: | SMK184; DVD |
| Published: | 2006 |
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| Publisher: | Milton KeynesOpen University,2006 |
| Subject terms: | Asthma--Spain--Barcelona; Chance; Medical care--Statistical methods; Medical statistics; Probabilities; Risk; Risk assessment; Fisher, Ronald Aylmer, Sir, 1890-1962 |
| Production number: | NINH20342 |
| Available to public: | no |
