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Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics

...universal credit. How did you do the matching? First of all, I never relied on a single source. Some sources are more reliable than others. If all the sources agree, then we can be confident that the two records have matched. If the sources differed, then you would worry. In this specific case the best source to match records is the National Insurance (NI) number, then...
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Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media

...University discusses, the leave and remain campaigns employed similar strategies, but differed in their ability to connect with voters via social media. In his words, “The critical difference, […], was that the leave campaign was much more successful at targeting than the Remain campaign. Although the result was close, that is the main reason why the leave campaign...
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Five Inspiring Black Trailblazers from across Europe
History & The Arts

Five Inspiring Black Trailblazers from across Europe

...University, fitting her studies around media work and a role at Sweden's industrial giant Skandia. She also held positions of responsibility in the Church, and sat on the board of the Royal Dramatic Theatre and the Foundation All of Sweden - Performing Artists Against Nazis group. Although her work often had political elements - working for think-tanks, leading Sweden's...
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Children and happiness
Education & Development

Children and happiness

...adult: The childhood routes of adult happiness E M Hallowell The pursuit of happiness from Scientific American, 274 D G Myers & F Diener The Optimistic Child M E P Seligman, K Reivich, L Jaycox and J Gillham From the web: EEG asymmetry Attachment theory Positive Psychology Centre The BBC and the Open University are not responsible for the content of external websites...
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Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...Publishing Ltd Town and Country Edited by A Barnett & R Scruton, Jonathan Cape Analysis of Responses to the Discussion Document "Quality in Town and Country" Department of the Environment, The Stationery Office Books If you think you might be interested in studying more about these subjects, find out more about the Faculty of Social Sciences at The Open University....
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A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s
OpenLearn Ireland

A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s

...University module A111, Discovering the arts and humanities. Many of the owners of such houses also maintained estates in England and in other parts of the British Empire. The management of an Irish estate was frequently left in the hands of middlemen, often Catholic, who focused their attention on maximising rents from tenant farmers rather than on agricultural...
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The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982

...University's Social Sciences courses A few months after the much-reported sit-in at the Lee Jeans factory in Greenock, workers at the Lovable plant in Cumbernauld were also informed that the future of their factory was uncertain. The predominantly female workforce responded in a similar manner as the Greenock workers. They argued against the necessity of closure, and...
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Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT
Nature & Environment

Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT

...University's Environment courses Reducing digital carbon footprints of digital assets The digital carbon footprints of our technology assets are split between the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions caused when manufacturing, storing and shipping the products and the emissions generated through use and disposal. As discussed in the responsible procurement article,...
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