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Getting started with SPSS
Society, Politics & Law

Getting started with SPSS

...data into SPSS carry out a statistical analysis that can test hypotheses...Getting started with SPSS: 1 The SPSS statistics tutorial - This online tutorial is designed to help you familiarise yourself with the software package SPSS and learn about basic statistics. You will need to follow the instructions within each activity in the sequence presented to complete the...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Why do some cities thrive?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do some cities thrive?

...analysis of what makes cities thrive. [Building work in Milton Keynes] Building the dream: Development work in Milton Keynes Arguably, everything about Milton Keynes is deliberate: its site, its transport, its housing, its business sectors, its jobs. From the moment of its ‘birth’ in 1967 as one of the country’s ‘new towns’, Milton Keynes was planned as a whole....
More or Less: interview with Tim Harford
Science, Maths & Technology

More or Less: interview with Tim Harford

...data with our Postcode Patterns interactive 1) What's changed on More or Less over the years? Are there less statistical mistakes in the news these days? Transcript: "I hadn't noticed that, but you're probably right. And if that's true, why is it true?" KEVIN MCCONWAY: Thanks for talking to me Tim Harford. It’s great to have been working with you on More or Less ever...
Developing a research question in International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Developing a research question in International Relations

...data (a discourse analysis of policies and historical texts)...Developing a research question in International Relations: 2.1 Positivism and interpretivism revisited - As you can see, positivist and interpretivist approaches to research pose quite different questions of international relations. The former tend to seek causal explanations, while the latter aim to...
From space to laboratory in four days
Science, Maths & Technology

From space to laboratory in four days

...analysis of the first UK meteorite in 30 years. Ross is undertaking a PhD studying meteorite samples, many of which are recently recovered falls just like the Winchcombe meteorite, but also a few that have been collected in cold deserts like Antarctica. However, he has never before worked on a meteorite that was collected less than 100 miles from his laboratory at The...
Has Donald Trump improved the US economy in fifty days?
Money & Business

Has Donald Trump improved the US economy in fifty days?

...analysis of the survey data shows that consumers’ confidence increased in February and remains at a 15-year high, reflecting improved expectations regarding the short-term outlook for business, and to a lesser degree jobs and income prospects. That said, the Consumer Confidence Index showed a moderate decline in January. Jobs, jobs, jobs LinkedIn Workforce Report:...
What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars
Society, Politics & Law

What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars

...analysis of diagnostic information in the data package should inform ESA what might have gone wrong. It is clear from the telemetry data that the parachute deployed, the heat shield was jettisoned and the retro rockets fired briefly. But it will take a bit longer to determine what happened during the final few seconds of the descent. It is important to find this out...
Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...data, such as survey results, or the analysis of a set of records, but may want to understand the reasons for patterns they’ve found in the data. In this case, qualitative interviews might be used with a smaller group (or sample) who are recruited from the research population. Asking this group questions about their experiences or opinions may help the researcher...