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Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...analysis of the verb groups used in the passage provides a different perspective. The Warlpiri are often referred to as being affected by events rather than as agents (e.g. a severe drought forced [them] from the desert). Where the actions of the Warlpiri are referred to using active verb forms, the choices made convey a sense that their agency is limited (e.g. they tried...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...analysis of marketing opportunities, researching the market, deciding which segments to focus on and so on. From this perspective, marketing represents a structured and standardised approach to marketing management. Marketing as a philosophy Marketing as a philosophy does not necessarily view marketing as a process but as a collection of underlying theories or principles....
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...analysis to infer how likely it was that a particular company polluted a river. [Described image] Figure 5 (a) skid marks; (b) medical evidence; (c) chemical analysis However, when making findings of fact, the fact-finder also has to follow legal rules contained in common-law cases and parliamentary statutes. For example, in the previous section on everyday fact-finding,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...data. So we can start seeing if there's any trends, as if they do pick up an injury, is it related to any sort of common features of how we load them and try and avoid that in the future? JACQUES BURGER The game of rugby, is it brutal on the body? I think it kind of feels like you've been in a car accident every weekend. Your body is just wrecked for two days off. And I...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...data sets – one with n = 10 elements and another with n = 100 elements. The run-time of one algorithm scales as n3 and the run-time of another algorithm scales as en. How do the run-times of the two algorithms compare for the smaller data set? How do the run-times compare for the larger data set? Answer For the smaller data set, the run-times for the two algorithms are...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...analysis of the market. The necessity to counter action by competitors. (The explosion in the range of kettles and their different features since the introduction of the first jug kettle exemplifies the response of an old, established industry under siege from new competition; once one manufacturer has introduced such a product the others must follow suit or risk being...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Energy in buildings
Nature & Environment

Energy in buildings

...analysis of the thickness of insulation required to meet a specified U-value will require some detailed calculations. The earlier discussion of the basics of U-values only considered the thermal resistance of a single slab of a building material. In any practical building element there will be extra thermal resistances, particularly those of the thin layers of air...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...data. “That’s the interesting challenge with infants,” says Smith. “They’re completely non-compliant to instructions.” What about the educational potential of devices? There are thousands of apps, e-books and videos purporting to have educational value for children, yet very few have been able to support this claim with solid research. “The app marketplace...
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