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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...
How network science can unravel Al Capone's criminal associates
Science, Maths & Technology

How network science can unravel Al Capone's criminal associates

...analysis to the criminal relationships in Capone’s gangs they find that multiplexity – when two people have more than one relationship – was a rare but very relevant part of Chicago’s Prohibition era network. Their research highlight the ways that multiplexity links the underworld and the upper world — a process that organizes crime into mainstream society...[Al...
More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...analysis. Decimals: A way of expressing numbers using place value, e.g. , Discrete data: Values that are clearly separated from one another, e.g. shoe sizes or modes of transport. Fractions: Parts of a whole number, e.g. , , , etc. Graph: A drawing which depicts the relationship between data or values. Inter-quartile range: The range of the values between the first and...