Chapter Chapter Title Video file Video Title

Introduction to
Descriptive
1 Preliminaries Ch1part1.mp4 Statistics

Investment
1 Preliminaries CH1investments.mp4 Returns

Random Variables
Ch1women'sheights.mp and Women's
1 Preliminaries 4 heights

Was the 1969

2 Draft Lottery Fair? Draftlottery1.mp4 1969 Draft Lottery

Was the 1969

2 Draft Lottery Fair? Draftlottery2.mp4 1969 Draft Lottery

Was the 1969 Draft Lottery

2 Draft Lottery Fair? Draftlottery3.mp4 Boxplots

Who Won: Gore Who won: Gore or

3 or Bush? Gorebush.mp4 Bush?

Was Liverpool
over Barcelona
the Greatest
Upset in Sports Ranking Sports
4 History? Sportsupsets.mp4 Upsets
How Did Bernie
Madoff Keep his
5 Fund Going? Ponzi.mp4 Ponzi Schemes
How Did Bernie
Madoff Keep his Bernie's Alleged
5 Fund Going? Splitstrike.mp4 Strategy
 How Did Bernie Benford's Law and
Madoff Keep his Benfordsimcountries.mp Country
5 Fund Going? 4 Populations

How Did Bernie

Madoff Keep his Benford's Law and
5 Fund Going? Benfordmadoff.mp4 Madoff Returns

How Did Bernie

Madoff Keep his Sharpe Ratio for
5 Fund Going? Sharpe,mp4 Madoff

Is the Lot of the

US Worker
6 Improving? Usworker.mp4 The US Worker

Measuring Measures of
7 Income Inequality Giniindex.mp4 Income Inequality

Modeling
Relationships Estimating a
between 2 Demand Line and
8 Variables Twovariablespart1.mp4 the Beta of a stock

Modeling
Relationships Rsq, Correlations,
between 2 and Regression to
8 Variables Correlations.mp4 the mean

Modeling
Relationships
between 2 The Power Curve
8 Variables Power.mp4 and Elasticity

Introduction to
Intergenerational Intergenerational
9 Mobility Chapter9Intro.mp4 Mobility
 Intergenerational Computing Rank
9 Mobility Chapter9part2.mp4 Rank and IGE

Intergenerational Quintiles and the

9 Mobility GiniGatsby.mp4 Gatsby Curve

Is Anderson
Elementary a How Free Lunch
10 Good School? Chapter10.mp4 Percentage

Teacher
Evaluation Teacher Evaluation
11 Methods VAA.mp4 Based On Tests

Teacher
Evaluation
11 Methods Teacherevaluation2.mp4

Berkeley, Buses,
12 Cars and Planes Simpsonsparadox..mp4 Simpson's Paradox
Berkeley, Buses, Three More
12 Cars and Planes Busescarsplanes.mp4 Paradoxes

Is Carmelo
Manu or Melo for Anthony a Hall of
13 HOF? Manuormelo.m4 Famer?

Was Derek Jeter Was Derek Jeter a

14 a Great Fielder? Jeter.mp4 Great Fieldert?

Drive for Show

15 Putt for Dough? Golf.mp4 Golf Analytics
 What's Wrong Using Regression
with the NFL QB to Calculate NFL
16 Rating? QB1.mp4 Qb Rating
What's Wrong Interpreting
with the NFL QB QB2.mp4 (stop it at Multiple
16 Rating? 7:48!) Regression Output
What's Wrong Using the TREND
with the NFL QB function to Make
16 Rating? QB3.mp4 Predictions
What's Wrong
with the NFL QB Problems with NFL
16 Rating? Qb4.mp4 QB Rating
What's Wrong
with the NFL QB Alternatives to NFL
16 Rating? Qb5.mp4 QB Rating

Which sports have

Some Sports Have the most skill and
17 All the Luck Skillandluck.mp4 least luck?

18 Gerrymandering Gerrymander.mp4 Gerrymandering

Video Description Start File End File

We introduce descriptive
statistics. Statesandheights.xlsx Statesandheightsfinal.xlsx

We analyze annual returns

on US investments Investments.xlsx Investmentsfinal.xlsx

We define random variables

and analyze the height of
American women. Statesandheightsfinal.xlsx Statesandheightsfinal.xlsx

We discuss the 1969

Vietnam Draft Lottery Draftlottery.xlsx Draftdata1.xlsx

We use a two sample test to

show 1969 draft lottery was
not fair and the 1970 lottery
was fair. Draftata1.xlsx Drafdata2.xlsx

We use Boxplots to show

the 1969 lotter was unfair
and 1970 lottery was fair. Boxplot.xlsx Boxplotfinal.xlsx
We analyze the
controversial 2000 POTUS
Election Gorebush.xlsx Gorebushfinal.xlsx

We use betting predictions

to show Leicester winning
the Premiere League was the
greatest upset of all time. Leicester.xlsx Leicesterfinal.xlsx

We show how Ponzi

Schemes work. Ponzi.xlsx Ponzifinal.xlsx

We explain Madoff's "split

strike strategy" Ponzifinal.xlsx Splitstrikefinal.xlsx
We show that 30% of all
country populations begin April11benfordpopulation.xls April11benfordpopulationfinal.xls
with 1! x x

We show that Madoff's

made up returns violate
Beford's Law. Newmadoff.xlsx Newmadoff1.xlsx

We show that Madoff's

Sharpe Ratio was suspiciosly
high. Sharperatio.xlsx Sharepratiofinal.xlsx

We show the lot of the

typical US worker has not
improved much over the last
fifty years. Baseballsalaries19.xlsx Baseballsalariesfinal.xlsx

Giniindex.xlsx Giniindextheory.xlsx

We discuss determining the

least square demand curve
and estimating the Beta of
Madoff's made up returns. Demand.xlsx Demandfinal.xlsx

We discuss why a high Rsq

may not prove anything and
define and discuss
correlation. Correlation.xlsx Correlation.xlsx

We discuss the power curve

and its relationship to price
elasticity Powerdemand.xlsx Powerdemandfinal.xlsx

We discuss how economists

measure income mobility
between generations. Chapter9.xlsx Same file
We show how to compute
IGE and Rank-Rank
measures of
Intergenerational mobility. Chapter9.xlsx IGERANKfinal.xlsx

We discuss how quintiles

relate to Intergenerational
mobility and look at
Krueger's Gatsby Curv e that
relates income inequality
and intergenerarional
mobility. IGERANKfinal.xlsx Qunintilegatsbyfinal.xlsx

We show that the fraction of

students getting free lunches
explains around 50% of the
variation in pass rate on
standardized tests. ISTEPtests.xlsx ISTEPtestfinal.xlsx

We discuss the pros and

cons of evaluating K-12
teachers based on test
scores. VAA.xlsx VAAfinal.xlsx

We use Pivot Tables to

illustrate simple methods for
evaluating teachers based
on test scores. VAA.xlsx Vaapivottables.xlsx

Women are less likely to be

accepted in their major than
men, but in each major
women are more likely to be
accepted. How can this
happen? Collegebusescarsplanes.xlsx Collegebusesplanes1.xlsx
We resolve three more
analytic paradoxes. Collegebusesplanes1.xlsx Collegebusesplanes2.xlsx

We show that Manu is more

deserving than Melo of
election to the NBA Hall of
Fame. Manuormelo.xlsx ManuorMelofinal.xlsx

We show that although he

won 5 gold gloves, Derek
Jeter was a below average
fielder. Jeter.xlsx Jeterfinal.xlsx

We introduce yo uto the

concept of strokes gained,
which has revolutionized
golf. Golf.xlsx Golffinalxlsx
We show how to use
multiple regression to
reverse engineer the NFL QB
rating formula. Qbrating.xlsx Qbrating1.xlsx

We show how to interpret

multiple regression output. Qbrating1.xlsx Qbrating2.xlsx
We use the TREND function
to make mulitple regression
predictions. Qbrating2.xlsx Qbrating3.xlsx

We show that the NFL QB

rating has fatal flaws. Qbrating3.xlsx Qbrating4.xlsx

We discuss alternatives to
the NFL QB rating Qbrating4.xlsx Qbrating5.xlsx

We develop a simple
method for measuring the
relative importance of skill
and luck in team sports. Skillandluck.xlsx Skillandluckfinal.xlsx

We discuss how state

legislatures can draw House
districts to make their
congressional delegation
non-representative of their
state's population. Gerrymander Gerrymanderfinal.xlsx