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Getting started with German 3
Languages

Getting started with German 3

...statistics. The course will give you opportunity to practise expressing preferences, asking for and giving permission and apologising. You'll also learn how to use separable verbs.This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXG003 Beginners German 3: richtig so! After completing this free course, you...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Methods in Motion: Remaking experimental philosophy
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Remaking experimental philosophy

...statistical analysis tests, and (in the worst cases!) actual sample sizes. Looking to the future, it seems that greater involvement of psychologists (and, more broadly, social scientists) may benefit the XPhi movement, both by helping to address the aforementioned methodological shortcomings, and by expanding the range of methodological tools and approaches employed....
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Article 5 mins
5 benefits of going sober this October
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 benefits of going sober this October

...out more about #GoSober for October, head over to Macmillan Cancer Support's website and see what you can do to support this event - https://www.gosober.org.uk References Benefits of giving up alcohol for a month The average price of wine (Office for National Statistics) Consumption: Adult drinking in the UK Units and calories in wine The effects of alcohol on the body...
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Article 10 mins
Self-managed abortion in the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

Self-managed abortion in the UK

...statistics for Scotland, England and Wales. The majority of abortions across the United Kingdom (UK) now use a combination of two medications, rather than surgical methods, which have become less common. The medications involved – mifepristone and misoprostol – are extremely safe. Most abortions in the UK also take place before the 12th week of pregnancy. Since the...
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Article 5 mins
A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather
History & The Arts

A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather

...statistical summaries of past records, known as climatology. Since the 1980s, computer-based forecasting has steadily improved at a rate of about one forecast day per decade. This means that a five-day forecast made now is about as skillful as a two-day forecast was in 1985. The World Meteorological Organisation compares all national services and the UK’s forecast...
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Article 5 mins
How to support neurodivergent mothers during pregnancy and birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to support neurodivergent mothers during pregnancy and birth

...statistics around this: ‘A 2020 study reported that 60% of women with autism experienced postnatal depression, compared to the average rate of 12%. Similarly, a 2023 study showed an independent association between ADHD and depression and anxiety disorders postpartum.’ [Image by Cindy Parks from Pixabay] Reducing stressors Minimising sensory stressors can be valuable...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...statistical information is a key skill and the course will guide you in this through two structured activities. Activity 3 asks you to explore a website for information about family health. Again, a step by step approach is taken to guide you through this process. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Health & Social Care...Exploring family health:...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Prices, location and spread
Science, Maths & Technology

Prices, location and spread

...statistical measures characterising the location of a batch of data (the median and the mean), and looks further at weighted means and at the interquartile range as a measure of spread (variability). Boxplots and stemplots are used to picture the data. All this is done in the context of measuring prices, and the course also covers the concept of a price index, and the...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs