Dancing statistics: explaining the statistical concept of sampling & standard error through dance

A five minute film demonstrating the statistical concept of sampling & standard error through dance.
Project title: 'Communicating Psychology to the Public through Dance' (AKA 'Dancing Statistics')
Founder & Co-Producer: Lucy Irving
Founder & Co-Producer Dr Carl Senior, Aston University
Project Manager & Co-Producer: Elise Phillips
Statistical Lead & Co-Producer: Professor Andy Field
Choreographer: Masha Gurina
Filmmaker: Kyle Stevenson
These films were funded by a BPS Public Engagement with additional funding attracted from IdeasTap.
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If you have questions or comments about this film please contact @statsdancer #dancingstatistics or [e-mail]
The BPS runs an annual public engagement grant scheme. Through these grants we aim to help members promote the relevance of evidence-based psychology to wider audiences either through direct work or by organising interesting and relevant communications activities. For press inquiries please contact the BPS Press Office.
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IdeasTap is an arts charity for young, creative people at the start of their careers.
Visit their website for more information www.ideastap.com.

[@1inesvsilva]

This is great. I am adding this to my module pages for all my students to see. Congratulations on successfully using art to explain science.

[@bonniemeekums]

I am loving this lot - as a dancer and researcher and educator, this is genius!

[@nvheesify]

This is so great! I am a researcher and I love statistics. But I hate how it doesn’t come natural to me. I am also a dancer (in predisposition) and this dancing statistics explanation actually fits with how my brain works. That never happens! I have to read and reread every statistical concept again and again, which I gladly do by the way, but I can remember the moves the dancers made in this video without effort, the only thing left for my brain to do is link the choreography sections to the highlighted words. Thank you so much for making these videos. They will surely help me keep a better grasp on these concepts and in turn teach them to students who are like me.

[@MashaGurina]

Thank you for your lovely comments. This project has been incredibly interesting (and different!) for me as a choreographer.

[@ishpreetanand]

This way it makes complicated things look simpler. Very informative and useful. Loved it. :)

[@vladimirmisin1876]

Why do you say it is complicated? :)

[@KamalAsasi]

Thanks lecturer and dancers, it was awesome :)

[@Bloodraven31006]

Fascinating... Using seemingly unrelated skills to explain statistical concepts. Though I am a person with physical disability I always appreciate the beauty of movement. This KZbin channel is really interesting and Dancing Statistics is the most interesting lot for me. I am not good at statistics at all (a C in the Advanced Statistics course while getting my B.A.). However, I hope I can work through my aversion to the subject with this channel.

[@ahmedkhattab8901]

Amazing! thank you for that simple explanation

[@sphacas]

would be intrigued to know if any of the videos have been incorporated into actual research methods and stats modules ?

[@louiseryan3173]

its in mine!

[@TheLookchin]

You guys super amazing!!!!

[@damiccathedesigner]

This is a great explanation!

[@nikoszourbanoscomoutos8528]

Great material!!

[@Kurd121]

Excellent! Thanks a lot!!

[@amputeelifehacks]

So Awesome!!!!!

[@uzunbiri]

this makes simple things to look complicated but thanks anyway

[@MrSpideryfingers]

in other words i would say this is so lame and most likely has uploaded by an uneducated person.

[@SuperChilliJam]

Two doctors of psychology and one professor were co-founders. I think they're educated...

[@vladimirmisin1876]

It is basics. We should always be able to see a different scenario with another perspective on the basics. They are not building AI here. C'mon...

[@zhiholloway1474]

Use this as a statistic, I find the video throughly confusing and I cannot bear to re-watch it. However praise to those who completely understand and enjoyed it.

[@blinkett]

Fun stuff!

[@blissiimo]

LOVE THEM

[@al3us0]

super!

[@vladimirmisin1876]

Ok, why is one called an error while the other "variance"?

[@kostasnats6945]

I didn t understand anything....the most diff video I ve seen..How someone here commend is that is genius ...this is crap

[@a.c.w.1927]

Agreed.

[@sleepingdog8591]

wtf is this? :'DD