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Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...Statistics, December 2012. This chart is licensed under the Open Government Licence 3.0, http://reference.data.gov.uk/id/open-government-licence The largest section of the population is represented in orange, those who identify with the general label of ‘Christian’. This included 69% of the population of England and Wales in the 2011 census (White, 2012). In Scotland,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...statistical analysis of traffic trends can tell us the most likely time of day that an accident might occur on a given road but cannot tell us exactly which cars will be involved. Individuals with a high ACE score, as a group, are more likely to be amongst society’s most high need populations so it would be easy to assume that an individual’s high ACE score also means...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...Statistics (ONS), 2019a). Email is one of the most common uses of the internet used by adults in Great Britain (86%) and 63% of adults report using the internet to search for health-related information. Other popular uses of the internet include internet banking, reading news, making calls and using social media (ONS, 2019b). Over 84% of adults use the internet via a...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Understanding different research perspectives
Money & Business

Understanding different research perspectives

...statistical analysis and generalisation. Positivist researchers use quantitative methodologies, which are based on measurement and numbers, to collect and analyse data. Interpretivists are more concerned with language and other forms of qualitative data, which are based on words or images. Having said that, researchers using objectivist and positivist assumptions...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...Statistic (NBS) and the BP Statistical Review of World Energy (BP Energy), between 1978 and 2017 China’s energy demands increased nearly 5.5 times, from 571.44mts of oil equivalent (Mtoe) to 3.13 billion Mtoe. In 1993, China turned into a net oil importer from a net exporter, and its oil consumption grew more than five times from 2.41 million barrels per day (mb/d) in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...statistics suggest a similar link to alcohol consumption. The authors of the Cardiff study attribute a fall in the number of assault victims treated in emergency departments in England and Wales to a number of factors, including the recent decrease in overall alcohol consumption and pubs using plastic glasses. The members of generation Peak Booze may well have harmed...
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Article 10 mins
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...statistical relationship that the uninsured costs (he called these the indirect costs) were typically four times higher than the direct costs covered by insurance. This relationship is commonly represented as an iceberg (Figure 3). [Insured costs are the tip of the iceberg] Figure 3 Insured costs are the tip of the iceberg In the UK, companies are required by law to have...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Understanding depression and anxiety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding depression and anxiety

...statistically significant. Activity 1 Linking MD or GAD to a stressful life event Timing: Allow 5 minutes Using the information in Figure 2, which disorder, MD or GAD, do women who have experienced assault tend to develop? Try to explain your answer. Answer Odds ratios in Figure 2 indicate the increase in the chances of women experiencing MD or GAD following different...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs