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Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg
Health, Sports & Psychology

Straen a phryder yn yr oes ddigidol: Ochr dywyll technoleg

...Statistics and facts on the communications industry taken from Ofcom research publications. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/facts (accessed 18/5/2018) Seabrook, E. M., Kern, M. L., & Rickard, N. S. (2016). Social networking sites, depression, and anxiety: a systematic review. JMIR mental health, 3(4), e50 Seo, H.S., Jeong, E., Sungwon, C., Kwon, Y.,...
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...statistical methods. For example, from Activity 8 you now have a desk height that suits you, and you might assume that most people of your size will also like that desk height. So now you need to know how many people are the same size as you. For that you need to make use of statistics. Box 4 Working with datasets A dataset is a collection of data, usually presented in...
What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...statistics related to infant feeding. Discussion There is a lot that you can glean from a document like this, but it also raises further questions too and you might feel you need other information to cross-check and truly make sense of it. Some brief aspects that you might have listed include: In February 1928, Liverpool’s local authority was feeding 1,426 infants, 934...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...statistical material in cases involving mothers accused of killing their children. As a result of his testimonies a number of women were imprisoned and only later released. Who do you think is to blame for what happened? Discussion You will, of course, have your own opinion, but you should consider how much blame should fall on Professor Meadow and how much should fall on...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Language of Poverty
Society, Politics & Law

Language of Poverty

...statistics, but people connect better with stories than they do with facts and statistics. So it is a balance of the two but, of course, Gerry is absolutely right, it is also about linking that to a far broader picture, where you actually talk about poverty as a structural issue in our modern society and our modern economy. Gerry Mooney: I mean, we are living in one of...
Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...statistics, and question the authority and universality of positivist analyses of criminality. The advent of radical perspectives in criminology sparked an intellectual debate that constituted a revolutionary shift away from so-called scientific criminological discourses. Although critical scholarship in crime and justice had its major impact in the 1960s, it had various...
Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change

...statistics are stacking up it looks like humans have had an influence on the climate,’ and he trod very carefully around that and in fact we struggled as to how to communicate it, was it actually a story, I wasn’t convinced at the time that it was a story, whether it passed the threshold or not? BP: I followed that very carefully and I noticed when it tipped into...
Visions of protest: graffiti
History & The Arts

Visions of protest: graffiti

...Statistics (ONS), vandalism rates, including reported illicit graffiti, have been decreasing in England and Wales over recent years (ONS, 2013). Some explanations of this decrease have been linked to the impact of social media, which have offered people new opportunities to express themselves, or are simply keeping bored teenagers entertained and off the streets. The fall...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs