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Diary of a data sleuth: Data-scraping the sick bucket

Diary of a data sleuth: Data-scraping the sick bucket Copyrighted imageCredit: Mabe123 | Dreamstime.com
Duration 15 mins Updated 20 Dec 2012
Are more of us getting sick in winter or is it just hype? Our resident data sleuth set out to unpick the stories of winter...

Diary of a data sleuth: Getting to grips with the census data

Diary of a data sleuth: Getting to grips with the census data
Updated 14 Dec 2012
With the recent release of key statistics around the UK's 2011 census by the Office for National Statistics, our resident data sleuth set out to...

Two can play at that game: When polls collide

Two can play at that game: When polls collide Copyrighted imageCredit: Kaarsten | Dreamstime.com
Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 29 Nov 2012
Can surveys be rigged to give each client the result they want? Or is there some subterfuge at hand in the way the results of...

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Succeed with maths - Part 2

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Introductory Level Duration 50 hours Updated 24 May 2013
Mathematics underpins practically every aspect of modern life. This free online course is a friendly introduction to a range of key ideas to help you...

Succeed with maths - Part 1

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Introductory Level Duration 48 hours Updated 24 May 2013
Mathematics underpins practically every aspect of modern life. This free online course is a friendly introduction to a range of key ideas to help you...

Succeed with maths: Parts of the whole

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Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 24 May 2013
The focus of this unit is exploring fractions, learning how fractions are related to decimal numbers as well as using fractions in calculations in different...

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Introducing statistics

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Introductory Level Duration 300 hours Updated 24 May 2013 Register by 05 Sep 2013
Learn statistical tools and quantitative methods, covering topics such as summarising data; examining relationships; randomness and sampling distributions; probability; testing hypotheses; and estimation.This is a...

The story of maths

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Introductory Level Duration 100 hours Updated 26 Apr 2013 Register by 24 Apr 2014
This short course traces the development of mathematics – from its origins in Egypt and Mesopotamia 4000 years ago to twentieth-century Europe and the US.The...

MSc in Mathematics

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Duration 1800 hours Updated 26 Apr 2013
An MSc for mathematicians, scientists and engineers, exploring aspects of pure and applied maths. Options include calculus of variations, fractal geometry, number theory, functional analysis,...