The televised lectures by statistician Charles Frederick Mosteller, part of the Continental Classroom - Mathematics program in 1960-61, are referenced in the Wikipedia article and have a significant historical impact, reaching 75,000 students for credit and 1.2 million viewers. These lectures were broadcast on NBC and covered statistical material and problem sessions. Resources for accessing these lectures include collections at universities like Columbia University, as well as links to further references and a biography of Mosteller.
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Mosteller taught a class in probability and statistics as part of the educational television program, Continental Classroom - Mathematics, in 1960-61, supported by the Ford Foundation and broadcast on NBC: 75,000 students took this class for credit at 320 colleges and universities around the country, and 1.2 million watched the lectures on television on 170 stations.[5] The show received its impressively large audience despite being broadcast at 6:30 am. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday covered the statistical material, and Tuesday and Thursday were problem sessions.