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Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables

...out certain calculations and/or to draw appropriate graphs to make this clearer. In this free course, some other kinds of data tables and some different approaches are covered...This free course, Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables, is concerned with two main topics. In Section 1, you will learn about another kind of graphical display, the boxplot. A boxplot is a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...out there’...Systems thinking and practice: 1 How to use this course - This course is a learning resource. Like all resources, there are different ways to use it depending upon what you are trying to achieve. You may be reading it as your only introduction to systems thinking or it may be the first part in a much larger course. You may simply be interested in knowing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...out by: ‘zeta’ (ζ / Ζ) and ‘xi’ (ξ / Ξ), which, from the standpoint of English, look misplaced letters with no English counterpart, like ‘eta or ‘phi’. Memorising the jingles ‘zeta-eta-theta’ and ‘phi-chi-psi-omega’ can help overcome most of the difficulties. Think about the best way for you to learn the order of the alphabet. You might choose to...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

True stories of the 1975 EEC Referendum

...out - but not all the cabinet were convinced. It was Tony Benn who persuaded Wilson that the correct way to act would be to seek the will of the people: "I felt that a decision of such constitutional importance could not be contemplated without the explicit consent of the electorate in a general election or referendum. This view initially found no support when I put it to...
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Video 2 hrs
What is happening in Brazil?
Society, Politics & Law

What is happening in Brazil?

...out the latest explosive news. What's Happened Most Recently? The turbulence started earlier this month when federal police brought in Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president between 2003 and 2010, for questioning. Next, sitting president Dilma Rouseff appointed Lula her chief of staff, in what appears to be a move to shield him against prosecution. “Operation...
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Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...out, I found a large number of people with a large number of self-identifications.” The term ‘otherkin’ was coined by a contributor to Elkind Digest. “I got tired of typing elf/dragon/orc/etc-kin and just used otherkin,” wrote Torin. As access to the internet spread beyond the professional middle classes, the otherkin community multiplied and diversified. “The...
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Article 10 mins
Death on the tracks: A 19th century train crash
History & The Arts

Death on the tracks: A 19th century train crash

...out giving the signal to stop, but they were then going at the rate of fifteen or sixteen miles an hour. This man gave the signal with his hand. Upon this he shut off the steam, opened the whistle, and told the fireman to put on the break, as he was afraid there was something the matter. Shortly afterwards he told the fireman to jump off, having reversed the engine, as he...
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Does maths offer a better model for multi-candidate elections?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does maths offer a better model for multi-candidate elections?

...out as the winner? Condorcet and Borda Two French noblemen of the 1700s thought about how to organize multi-candidate elections: the Marqis de Condorcet and Jean-Charles de Borda. (Condorcet was friends with Thomas Jefferson, who appears to have paid little attention to Condorcet’s writings about voting.) Condorcet suggested that, if an absolute majority – more than...
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