[Yr11 Information Technology] The Joy of Stats

[Judy Zuccon]

Hi everyone,

If you like Hans Rosling there is a good doco that shows his many talents.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAMMPA4kg70

BTW he was also one of the founders  of Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors without Borders!

Many thanks
Judy Zuccon



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From: yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:yr11it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
Sent: Tuesday, 24 July 2012 10:36 AM
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Subject: [Yr11 Information Technology] The Joy of Stats

In case you haven't found this yet, a 60 minute documentary on statistics and data visualisation by Hans Rosling at gapminder.com<http://gapminder.com>.

He's the one who developed the animated graphics of countries' health/wealth etc you might have seen at ted.com<http://ted.com>.

http://www.gapminder.org/videos/the-joy-of-stats/

My kids sat engrossed by it - which is saying a lot!

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