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Sex stats for the British population
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sex stats for the British population

...data collected by Natsal-4, a survey collected from thousands of adults living all over Britain...Find out more about The Open University’s statistics qualifications. Please check back in the autumn of 2026, when the updated interactive with the findings from Natsal-4 will be published. If you want to learn more about the research behind this interactive, check out...
Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?

...data or be responsive to gestures. A previous iteration, Circadia, was much larger, about the size of a bar of soap; initially, after getting the thing implanted in his arm, Cannon complained of panic attacks, and when the battery stopped working, he had it removed. In a procedure that made implanting magnets look like child’s play, Österlund embedded the watch-sized...
Animals at the extremes: the desert environment
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

...data as showing that HSTF genes in lizards are not induced by heat shock. Western analysis using antibodies to human Hsp70 showed that levels of cellular Hsp70 are higher in both desert species than in Lacerta (Figure 44b). Earlier work had measured a three- to fivefold higher Hsp70 content in desert species than in L. vivipara kept at T a 25°C. Comparison of Lacerta...
Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?

...data - so you'd assume it'd be easy to tell if a game has been rigged on the whim of a shady gambling syndicate. It's not that easy, though - and as David Lucy explains, it's the same problem that stops us being able to spot rogue doctors and nurses...Match fixing is unthinkable for most sports professionals whose very persons, careers and reputations are built on a...
Everyday maths: statistics in the news
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths: statistics in the news

...we see or hear. By the end of this activity, you will learn: how to read and ask questions about health data and reports in the news how to look at graphs and charts, and make sure they don't mislead you general rules to follow when looking at statistics in the news. [Activity banner image. Everyday maths: statistics in the news.] Everyday maths: statistics in the news...
Online mathematics discovery centre
Science, Maths & Technology

Online mathematics discovery centre

...Data, finance, economics and more. It is a fundamental tool enabling us to analyse and comprehend the world around us, and to solve some of the most urgent problems facing society in today’s complex world. Maths is a varied and broad subject which crops up everywhere and when you least expect it. See the patterns, structures, discoveries, applications and people of...
Succeed with maths: part 2 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...data usage or texting are not included. In this next activity you’ll unpick how this formula relates to the information given about the way in which bill is worked out. This insight will help when moving onto building your own formulas. Activity 8 Understanding the formula Timing: Allow approximately 10 minutes Suppose that in one month, 375 minutes of phone calls were...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...data in the following table. It gives the temperatures of five cities on a Monday in January. CITY TEMPERATURE London 0°C Paris –1°C Madrid 10°C Delhi 28°C Moscow –10°C a.Which city was the coldest? b.Which city was the warmest? c.How many cities have a temperature below 5°C? You buy a jumper for £24 and a skirt for £18. How much do you spend altogether? You...
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