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Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...careful of drawing conclusions – 15 rolls of a dice actually make up a small sample size, unless the loading of the die is very strong. Try again: roll the two dice another 15 times. How do the extra rolls change the histograms? Answer They should make the heights of the bars for a fair die more equal in height and the heights of the bars for a loaded die more unequal....
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...caring approach to all persons at all levels connected with the problem or system(s) involved.’ Paul Warren: ‘Systems thinking is important for me because it provides a formal recognised framework to explain organisational events, and other happenings, which hitherto had to be explained by vague notions of “common sense”.’ Sarah Smith: ‘Systems thinking is...
Prices, location and spread
Science, Maths & Technology

Prices, location and spread

...careful about making price comparisons then you might pay considerably more than 300p (£3). However, you are most likely to find a shop with the coffee priced between about 270p and 300p. Although there is no one price for this coffee, it seems reasonable to say that the overall location of the price is a bit less than 300p. The median of the batch is a useful measure of...
Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...care to preserve the order of the matrices. So the solution is matrix row 1column 1 12 row 2column 1 two minus minus one times matrix row 1column 1 10 row 2column 1 zero minus minus one times matrix row 1column 1 12 row 2column 1 two minus minus one equals matrix row 1column 1 12 row 2column 1 two minus minus one times matrix row 1column 1 multiplication multiplication...
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...careful when you go out and find your own rocks to identify later in the course...Week 1: Building stone: 1.3 Rock textures - Due to how the three sorts of rock are formed, they appear quite different when you look at them closely. All rocks are formed of smaller parts, called ‘grains’. [Described image] Figure 1.4 From left to right, igneous, metamorphic and...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...careful of when you actually deal with this, because there's no point in going out there and then spending lots of money on a writer, and then going off to a financier and finding out that actually, you haven't quite got the deal that you thought you had with the underlying author. Whether you're working with an underlying play or a book or another film or a television...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...care for patients. Still, in the course of all these conversations, they have developed a set of stories and cases that have become a shared repertoire for their practice. Summarised from Wenger (2009) Every community of practice must have all three elements: a domain, a community and a practice. But they come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from small to very large,...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...careful reading of the painting. This section on colour was quite demanding in that it contained a number of new technical terms. I hope that you've enjoyed finding out a little more about some of the art works that you've already encountered while learning about new terms. Next, you'll consolidate your work on the use of colour by comparing the relationship between...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs