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Defining your research methodology
Education & Development

Defining your research methodology

...statistics; an interpretivist approach holds that knowledge is dependent on beliefs, values, and lived experiences; and a pragmatist approach holds that knowledge is acquired through action and doing. Methodological approaches can be quantitative (numerical), qualitative (non-numerical), or mixed methods. Quantitative methodologies have two main strategies: experimental...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematics for science and technology

...Statistics and repeated measurements: Introduction - Statistical information is a familiar aspect of modern life, which features routinely in, for example, news reports, sports commentaries and advertising. Scientists who have collected large amounts of data by either counting or measuring quantities also rely on statistical techniques to help them make sense of these...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
How fertility rates affect population
Science, Maths & Technology

How fertility rates affect population

...Statistics (ONS) predict that the number of over 80s in the UK is set to double over the next 25 years. But what of the fertility rate? How might that affect population size in just the UK? The following chart is a particular sort of chart known as a population pyramid, taken from an interactive population projection application also released by the ONS. [ONS population...
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Universities United
Nature & Environment

Universities United

...statistics providers to improve data collection. Sign the UN’s SDG Accord or embed elements of SDG accord reporting into their existing reporting. Use the Climate Commission’s Climate Action toolkit to assess how further actions through the university’s policies and reporting could advance the UN SDGs and respond to the climate emergency. COP26 Universities Network...
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The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban
Society, Politics & Law

The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban

...Statistically significant at the p<.05 level; **p<.01; ***p<.001. N.S. – not significant. All of a sudden, big, statistically-significant canyons open up. 72 percent of Clinton voters, but only 4 percent of Trump voters, think the Wall is racist. This is not just asking people whether they approve of the Wall or not, but concerns racism, one of the most serious...
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Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list
Education & Development

Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list

...statistics on FSM significantly under-report participation. Our 2012 intake included 50+ students who had previously been in receipt of FSM. Around 10% of our current undergraduate body meets the household income threshold for FSM entitlement." Read the full statement at Cambridge website: Free School Meals as a proxy for disadvantage So why did the Department For...
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Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...statistics on crime complaints and safety perceptions are mixed if looked at on the whole. For the police, the lesson should be to listen to and understand young people and to recognise their needs and rights.’ Mr Miller said 77 per cent of the children taken home by police were aged 12 to 15 and had done nothing wrong. He said it was significant the scheme had been...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
App zeros in on loss of equatorial glaciers
Nature & Environment

App zeros in on loss of equatorial glaciers

...statistics and hockey stick curves, andpolar change is hard to represent,” he says. “You can’t see or smell or taste carbon. But glaciers are a proxy for carbon, because they’re tangible.” Then came 25zero, focused on the annual UN climate negotiations known as the Conference of the Parties − or COPs, in climate jargon. Jarvis had attended one COP, and...
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