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Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...studying this course, you should be able to: explore the functionalities of Excel that are used for problem solving in a business context demonstrate the numeracy skills required for gathering and organising data for decision making related to a specific problem use graphical techniques (histograms and scatter diagrams) to provide a visual summary of available data...
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...study experiences), or how they are used in media and by society at large (e.g. in newspapers, social media). You might find that your responses to each are very similar, or that you see a difference in who does each, where each occur, and how each are conducted. In practice, there are many different research approaches and methodologies, and so there are many different...
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...study interviews with active researchers and activities to help you understand data sources and sampling...What are the key features of qualitative and quantitative research in finance? What do they involve in practical terms, and what they can produce? This free course, Quantitative and qualitative research in finance, explores the underpinning methodologies, then looks...
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...skills. Learners can mix and match the short courses and study more than one course at a time. Once this course is complete you will be directed to OpenLearn’s hub for language content where you will be able to build on your newly found language skills. Now that you’re fully prepared, it’s time to start on Week 1...Introduction: Acknowledgements - This free course...
Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...study in Arts and Humanities...Two concepts of freedom: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: distinguish between negative and positive concepts of freedom understand the main points in Isaiah Berlin's article ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’ recognise emotive language, to distinguish between necessary truths and contingent facts, and to...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...study in Maths...Digital forensics: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the origins of forensic science explain the difference between scientific conclusions and legal decision-making explain the role of digital forensics and the relationship of digital forensics to traditional forensic science, traditional science and the...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Climate change’s costs are still escalating
Nature & Environment

Climate change’s costs are still escalating

...skill agricultural and manufacturing. Even so, the global economic cost of reduced productivity may be more than US $2 trillion by 2030. “Climate change can worsen air quality by triggering fires and dust storms and promoting certain chemical reactions causing respiratory illness and other health problems” India and China are two of the worst affected economies. By...
What did Bernie Sanders' campaign achieve?
Society, Politics & Law

What did Bernie Sanders' campaign achieve?

...skill and determination as a campaigner as well as to his message. Whether Sanders really has instigated a political revolution, as his official campaign slogan promised, is up for debate. But I reckon that if Clinton reflects properly on how radical Bernie was, if she thinks carefully about how much he transformed her campaign, she could only conclude that the revolution...