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Are we really free to choose?

Are we really free to choose? Copyrighted imageCredit: By Famosissimo Biole via Flickr under Creative Commons licence
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 25 Feb 2010
By Professor Russell Stannard
All day long we have to make choices. Professor Russell Stannard asks if we’re really free to choose.
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Probability compared

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 26 Nov 2008
By The OpenLearn team
You know you'll die. You know you'll probably never win the lottery. We show you some points in between...
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Monty Hall problem

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 21 Dec 2005
By Professor Kevin McConway
A classic game show conundrum - should you stick with your choice, or change your mind?
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Coincidence, correlation and chance

Coincidence, correlation and chance Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 21 Dec 2005
By Helen Joyce, Andrew Strickland
Helen Joyce and Andrew Stickland look at the probability of coincidence, correlation and chance in our everyday lives
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The Reality of Risk

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 22 Sep 2005
By The OpenLearn team
Is it possible to avoid risks altogether, or are we always destined to be playing the odds?
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When Is a Risk Not A Risk?

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 09 Aug 2005
By Dr Raj Persaud
Raj Persaud is one of the most successful psychiatrists in the country. He has appeared in numerous programmes and has published many popular pieces in...
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Beating The Bookies?

Beating The Bookies? Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 22 Jun 2005
By Alvin Hall, Sally Killengrey, Professor Jack Dowie, Philip Chandler, Professor Rebecca Cassidy
The Ever Wondered team gave financial guru Alvin Hall a fiver and sent him off to a greyhound track to explore how you can use...
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Risk In The Skies

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 22 Jun 2005
By Dr David Rothery
Dave Rothery considers the chances of being killed as a result of an asteroid crashing to Earth
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OU on the BBC: More or Less - About the Series

OU on the BBC: More or Less - About the Series Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 10 Jan 2005
By The OpenLearn team
Find out about the BBC/OU's More or Less series, devoted to the powerful, sometimes beautiful, often abused but ever ubiquitous world of numbers
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Probability

Probability Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 10 Jan 2005
By Professor Kevin McConway
We're thinking about probability more often than we might realise. Even weather forecasts are, at heart, 'chances are' reports
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