Who was the greatest baseball hitter of all time? How likely is it that a poll is correct? Is it smart to buy last year's highest-performing stock? These questions all involve the interpretation of statistics, and this film is an introduction to this vitally important subject in today's data-driven society. Explanations for terms such as mean, median, percentile, quartile, statistically significant, and bell curve, and scores of other statistical...

"As hosts of Math Talk, a call-in show, Maria Lopez and Buster the Parrot field calls from kids and adults with mathematical dilemmas. Each Math Talk program uses segments from the award-winning Square One TV video library to focus on math topics in ways consistent with the NCTM Curriculum Standards."