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From intuition to inference: how experts inform Bayesian models
Science, Maths & Technology

From intuition to inference: how experts inform Bayesian models

...analysis is often presented as beginning with data. In practice, this is rarely true. Before any data is collected, there are already expectations about what values are plausible, which outcomes seem unlikely, and what patterns might emerge. These expectations arise from previous studies, theoretical understanding, and practical experience. In many real-world problems,...
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Are mobile phones increasing health inequality in India?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are mobile phones increasing health inequality in India?

...data from rural India, Marco Haenssgen, a health systems researcher at Oxford University and author of the study, found lower access to private care in areas where most people own mobile phones. This was especially the case for people without mobiles who live in areas with high ownership of these devices. Using data from the 2005 and 2012 rounds of the Indian Human...
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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...
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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...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
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...
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Reflections on the Free to Bleed event at the Vagina Museum
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reflections on the Free to Bleed event at the Vagina Museum

...Data Driven Advocacy and Art for Menstrual Justice project, an Open University and Vagina Museum collaboration funded by the Open Societal Challenges initiative. It relates to Open University law modules including W340: Law, Society, and Culture, and W350: Exploring Legal Boundaries. What is the Free to Bleed project? 'Free to Bleed: Data Driven Advocacy and Art for...
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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 ......
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Do you trust forensic science in the criminal justice system?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do you trust forensic science in the criminal justice system?

...data produced from their analysis and evaluate their findings within the context of the specific case. [Photograph of a forensic biologist wearing a protective face mask and hair net.] In this case, a Forensic Biologist (DNA), Fingerprint Expert, and a Digital Forensic Expert would likely be involved. We will go through the DNA and digital expert roles. Forensic...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs