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Prof. Dr. Dirk Schieborn

Higher Mathematics 2 · Reutlingen University

Lecture film · Engineering Mathematics 2: Statistics

Storks, Shadows, Goats: How Statistics Leads Us Astray

Lecture film · Engineering Mathematics 2: Statistics

Storks, Shadows, Goats: How Statistics Leads Us Astray

Prof. Dr. Dirk Schieborn

Higher Mathematics 2 · Reutlingen University

A correlation is not yet a cause, a selection is not the whole truth, and every rate depends on its denominator. Statistics speaks about the many, and our gut is wrong more often than it thinks.

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Storks, Shadows, Goats: How Statistics Leads Us Astray

Prof. Dr. Dirk SchiebornHigher Mathematics 2 · Reutlingen University

NewOct 16, 2026 · 6 chapters

An explainer film in six chapters, made from a real lecture: why storks do not bring babies, which way an arrow points, why we often only see the survivors, how the same data tells three different stories, and why switching doubles your chance in the Monty Hall problem. Pause anywhere and ask.

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