DeSTRESS Film 6: Introducing averages
Introducing averages: the Distribution of Wealth (15'55")
This film discusses the distribution of wealth, and the relation between wealth and happiness. It distinguishes three kinds of "average"; the mean, mode and median.
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Interviewees:
- Gary Becker: Professor of Economics, University of Chicago; Nobel laureate
- Jesper Roine: Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
The DeSTRESS films are presented by Ken Heather of the University of Portsmouth and produced by StreamLearn LLC. Published online in 2011
Related questions
- MathsEG: Arithmetic mean
- MathsEG: Median
- MathsEG: Mode
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