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Dec 23
2010
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Presenting statistical data in meaningful, dynamic, and colorful manner.Posted by: Dave Moursund Tagged in: STEM Museum
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I want to thank my good friend Johnnie Mullin for pointing me to the website:
Rosling, Hans (2010). Two-hundred countries, 200 years, 4 minutes. Retrieved 12/23/2010 from http://www.flixxy.com/200-countries-200-years-4-minutes.htm.
This 4:47-minute video shows 200 years of data (120,000 data points), over the years 1810 to 2010, of per capital income and life expectancy for 200 countries. Changes over time and a projection into the future are shown in this marvelous presentation.
This short video is an excellent example of how a large amount of data can be organized and presented in a form useful to students with a wide range of math backgrounds. The software used in this presentation also allows easy interaction between a user and the data. I suspect you will say "wow" after you view this video.
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Here are examples from that site:
Hans Rosling: Asia's rise -- how and when | Video on TED.com
* Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world's dominant economic force. At TEDIndia, he graphs global ec...
* http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/..._when.html
Hans Rosling: Let my dataset change your mindset | Video on TED.com
* Talking at the US State Department this summer, Hans Rosling uses his fascinating data-bubble software to burst myths about the developing world. Look for new analysis on China and the post-bailout...
* http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/...state.html
Hans Rosling on global population growth | Video on TED.com
* The world's population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years -- and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that H...
* http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/...rowth.html
Hans Rosling: The good news of the decade? | Video on TED.com
* Hans Rosling reframes 10 years of UN data with his spectacular visuals, lighting up an astonishing -- mostly unreported -- piece of front-page-worthy good news: We're winning the war against child ...
* http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/...ecade.html
Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen | Video on TED.com
* You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world."
* http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/..._seen.html
Hans Rosling on HIV: New facts and stunning data visuals | Video on TED.com
* Hans Rosling unveils new data visuals that untangle the complex risk factors of one of the world's deadliest (and most misunderstood) diseases: HIV. He argues that preventing transmissions -- not d...
* http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/...t_hiv.html
Hans Rosling's new insights on poverty | Video on TED.com
* Researcher Hans Rosling uses his cool data tools to show how countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He demos Dollar Street, comparing households of varying income levels worldwide. Then h...
* http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/...verty.html
Hans Rosling | Profile on TED.com
* As a doctor and researcher, Hans Rosling identified a new paralytic disease induced by hunger in rural Africa. Now he looks at the bigger picture of social and economic development with his remarka...