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Systems thinking in practice heuristic and 5 systems approaches
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems thinking in practice heuristic and 5 systems approaches

...analysis, soft systems methodology, and critical systems heuristics...STiP heuristic Part 1 A STiP heuristic (learning system) for making strategy, by Martin Reynolds and the TB871 module team. Narrated by Joan O’Donnell. STiP heuristic Part 2 Enacting the STiP heuristic (learning system) for making strategy, by Martin Reynolds and the TB871 module team. Narrated by...
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Practitioner research
Education & Development

Practitioner research

...approach their work? Working with specific groups of people What factors should you consider when working with particular demographics? Being a good researcher Being a successful researcher requires rigor and discipline Analysis Analysis of a subject can often be a stumbling block for researchers Write up and Dissemination How does one keep track of the original question?...
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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...
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How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country’s health
Society, Politics & Law

How happiness is challenging GDP as the measure of a country’s health

...data measuring subjective markers of happiness. But it also shows a dissatisfaction with modern economic ways of thinking, where morality and ethics take a back seat and bureaucratic cost-benefit analysis is the norm. Transcript Happiness is complicated The World Happiness Report uses a mix of GDP, social support (as measured by someone to count on in times of trouble),...
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Why do call centre staff use your name all the time, Chris?
Money & Business

Why do call centre staff use your name all the time, Chris?

...data protection acts and commercial sensitivities. A statistical analysis found that despite agents being trained in and encouraged to use a range of different linguistic strategies to create rapport with the customer, one particular way was clearly preferred over others: using the customer’s name. In one call, an agent used the customer’s name five times in a...
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Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change

...analysis to try to explore what’s really happening with those species that appear not to be responding to climate change. RH: And what is happening? CP: So what we did is we took a very large UK dataset, long-term dataset, 46 years on flowering plants, and what we looked at was not just were they responding to spring temperatures, which is sort of the simple analysis...
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The Fourier Series
Science, Maths & Technology

The Fourier Series

...analysis encompasses a vast spectrum of mathematics which is often deemed confusing and sometimes frightening to those studying it. The tracks in this album aim to de-mystify the ideas behind the Fourier series and illustrate some of the numerous applications that exist, from telephony to stocking supermarket shelves. This material makes up part of the course MST209,...
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lesbian, gay and bisexual teenagers at much greater risk of depression

...analysis of over 165,000 adolescents from eight countries, including the USA, UK and New Zealand. Prior research in the field has focused on samples predominantly drawn from LGB community events and online sources – so-called convenience-based sampling. But studies using LGB events and related websites to obtain participants are more likely to be skewed towards certain...
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