Št. zadetkov: 14
Video in druga učna gradiva
Oznake:
technology;engineering;social sciences;society;public policy
While Arnold Barnett acknowledges addressing the same questions around flying year after year (“Does he ever change his schtick?”), he advertises some new twists this time ‘round. Barnett remains remarkably consistent, though, in his quite sunny assessment of the current state of aviation safety -- ...
Leto:
2009
Vir:
videolectures.net
Video in druga učna gradiva
Oznake:
mathematics;technology;aviation
Somehow Arnold Barnett manages to massage the subject of airline accidents into a breezy and sometimes comforting talk on statistical probabilities. In decades of research, he has taken firm hold of the metrics of measuring mortality in flight. While there are many ways of looking at the grim number ...
Leto:
2005
Vir:
videolectures.net
Video in druga učna gradiva
Oznake:
technology
The events of 9/11 unleashed a flood of security measures across all dimensions of daily life, many of them aimed at averting repeat attacks on aircraft. So you might imagine that the risks of flying have been much reduced. You’d be wrong, says Arnold Barnett, who has scrutinized the changes in air ...
Leto:
2004
Vir:
videolectures.net
Video in druga učna gradiva
Oznake:
mathematics;statistics;social sciences;education
In a trio of mini-talks, Arnold Barnett applies statistical analysis to some of society’s most confounding challenges. He first takes up the minority achievement gap -- the apparent under-performance of black and Hispanic students on standardized tests in comparison to white and Asian students.
I ...
Leto:
2006
Vir:
videolectures.net
Video in druga učna gradiva
Oznake:
business;transportation and logistics;traffic stafety;technology;aviation;social sciences;society;politics
In customary, loose-limbed form, Arnold Barnett reprises two of his favorite themes: improvements to the U.S. Electoral College, and aviation safety.
First up, Barnett’s suggested fix for national elections, which through the “fun-house mirror” of the Electoral College, permit winner-take-all res ...
Leto:
2007
Vir:
videolectures.net
Video in druga učna gradiva
Oznake:
social sciences;society;politics
As David King puts it, “The Constitution has an on the one hand, on the other quality,” and the Electoral College seems a focal point for contrariness and ambivalence. King ticks off areas where the EC can be viewed alternatively: for instance, does it encourage healthy, broad-based campaigning and ...
Leto:
2008
Vir:
videolectures.net
Arnold I. Barnett ,
Judith Best ,
Robert Hardaway ,
Robert Bennett ,
Paul Schumaker ,
Akhil Amar ,
John Fortier ,
Alan Natapoff ,
Alexander S. Belenky ,
Vikram Amar ,
Alexander Keyssar
Video in druga učna gradiva
Oznake:
social sciences;society;politics
Audience members take the floor in this last of five sessions debating whether to retain or discard the Electoral College system. Through question, answer and general discussion, the panelists further elucidate their positions on the main conference topic.
The following is a short list of discussio ...
Leto:
2008
Vir:
videolectures.net
Alexander S. Belenky ,
Judith Best ,
Robert Bennett ,
Alexander Keyssar ,
Robert Hardaway ,
John Fortier ,
Akhil Amar ,
Vikram Amar ,
Paul Schumaker ,
Arnold I. Barnett ,
Alan Natapoff ,
David Hawking
Video in druga učna gradiva
Oznake:
social sciences;society;politics
Much like our divided country, each side of this debate strains to comprehend the perspective of the other, together reaching no consensus on the fate of the Electoral College. In what feels like a constitutional law and political science scrimmage, participants lob questions and spark exchanges. Wh ...
Leto:
2008
Vir:
videolectures.net
Ni določena
Oznake:
statistika;geografska metodologija;varstvo okolja;
In modern society, we are ever more aware of the environmental issues we face,whether these relate to global warming, depletion of rivers and oceans, despoliation of forests, pollution of land, poor air quality, environmental health issues, etc. At the most fundamental level it is necessary to monit ...
Leto:
2004
Vir:
Repozitorij Univerze v Ljubljani (RUL)
Video in druga učna gradiva
Oznake:
computer science;network analysis
Leto:
2006
Vir:
videolectures.net