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Environmental Science in the Field
Science, Maths & Technology

Environmental Science in the Field

...data that you have gathered; the course includes an introduction to statistical analysis. This material is taken from The Open University course SXR216 Environmental Science in the Field... Environmental Science in the Field A short introduction to this album. Introduction to Environmental Science field work A lecturer explains what is involved in environmental field...
Understanding different research perspectives
Money & Business

Understanding different research perspectives

...data that can be subject to statistical analysis and generalisation. Positivist researchers use quantitative methodologies, which are based on measurement and numbers, to collect and analyse data. Interpretivists are more concerned with language and other forms of qualitative data, which are based on words or images. Having said that, researchers using objectivist and...
How can governments ensure their cybersecurity is strong?
Digital & Computing

How can governments ensure their cybersecurity is strong?

...Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) and the National Governors Association (NGA), and commentary – like some that has appeared here on New Jersey’s efforts – are among the few good sources available on these major undertakings. However many of these sources are either very anecdotal or stripped of identifying information (like which states have adopted which practices), and...
Seeing the internet
Digital & Computing

Seeing the internet

...data from that sale and send it elsewhere, via the internet. Cities in particular are full of machines gathering digital data about all sorts of things. We can think of the internet as a way of transmitting all the data that is generated by an activity. Data, according to Rob Kitchin in his book The Data Revolution, "are raw elements that can be abstracted from ......
What part did citizen science play in hurricane disaster relief?
Science, Maths & Technology

What part did citizen science play in hurricane disaster relief?

...data providers Planet, Digital Globe, NASA and ESA. Next, they issued a shout-out to their existing network of past and present volunteers. A call to action was also distributed by Rescue Global together with the University of Oxford, who were able to rally a large and diverse audience through their social media channels. The initial campaign was so successful that the...
Critically exploring psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Critically exploring psychology

...analysis* Method Quantitative, measuring Qualitative Data Statistics Text Footnotes *Discourse analysis is the analysis of language and text use in its context. To determine which approach is used requires a research question. You will look at how to develop a research question next...Critically exploring psychology: 4.2 Developing a research question - A research...
Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics

...data. She interviews Carol Calvert on the issue, following her talk entitled 'Data – love the uncertainty'. ...As a pure mathematician, I've always been uncomfortable with the uncertainty in statistics. I work in the realm of absolute certainty. Certainty can persist for all time, and perhaps we could say, certainty can even persist outside of time. I can sketch a...
Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...data collect and analysis...Learning to teach: An introduction to classroom research: Further reading - School-Based Research: A guide for Education Students, edited by Elaine Wilson. Published by Sage, 2013. This is a text-book for students undertaking a Masters in Education degree. Research Methods in Education, Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion and Keith Morrisson....