“Can you count on numbers?”, a VideoDiMath video by Elise Janvresse
Elise Janvresse, professor at the Université de Picardie Jules Verne and member of the Laboratoire Amiénois de Mathématique Fondamentale et Appliquée1 (Amiens, France), takes a look at the paradoxes of figures used in politics, economics, health and the media.
Can you rely on numbers? (Elise Janvresse)
Explore statistical paradoxes and learn how to decipher the figures often used in the media, politics, economics and health. Understand the importance of the mean and median, and discover how misinterpretation can distort reality. Through concrete examples and famous paradoxes, Elise Janvresse helps you to develop a critical approach to figures.
Audiodescription
A video by VideoDiMath, the platform that brings together audiovisual resources for the dissemination of mathematics. VideoDiMath is an initiative of the AuDiMath network.
Notes
- CNRS/Université de Picardie Jules Verne