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Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change
Nature & Environment

Trees: local heroes in the fight against global climate change

...data Caring for our trees starts with raising awareness. In the UK and the Republic of Ireland, anyone can get involved in this activity. For my Open University study ‘Environment: responding to change’ (module SDT306), I took part in interactive learning and data collection through the citizen science project Treezilla, also known as the ‘monster map of trees’....
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How might Brexit affect Scotland?
Society, Politics & Law

How might Brexit affect Scotland?

...Analysis of the results showed that although the country chose to leave, there was a split in opinion of nation-states. England and Wales voted for withdrawal from the European Union, while Northern Ireland and Scotland favoured remaining; 56% to 44% and 62% to 38% respectively. As the media coverage of Brexit has predominantly focused on the nation as a whole, we asked...
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Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...data. Recent observations and re-analysis of data indicate that there are also uncertainties with the simple temperature measurements. RH: The University of East Anglia Scientist Phil Jones said, when asked about the pause, five years is far too soon to tell any trend whatsoever. If after ten years we're still in a pause then we'll start wondering where our models have...
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Using statistics in your research
Education & Development

Using statistics in your research

...data…with some fun examples!...By the end of the session participants will: Have an understanding of the problems when using statistics Be able to identify factors which influence statistical results Have an understanding of the difference between Correlation and Causation Be able to critically use statistics and apply it to their research/assignments Open this guide in...
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How to Survive a Botnet Attack
Science, Maths & Technology

How to Survive a Botnet Attack

...to others to send spam to, or steal data from. ‘How to Survive a Botnets Attack’ is a short animation that explains how to work safely on the internet and avoid your computer joining the ranks of the un-dead... How to Survive a Botnet Attack? This animated tutorial shows you how to spot and survive a botnet attack and also how to prevent one from ever happening again....
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What is a scientific model?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a scientific model?

...data and measurements from the real world and simulating what happens when we fiddle around with them: how much rainfall, the flow of rivers, that type of thing. It’s a way of simplifying the chaos of the physical world, in a computer so that we can try to predict what might happen in the real world. You can run simulations thousands of times, each with very subtle...
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Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...data. This acknowledges that interpretation and analysis is about making a case which inevitably pivots on judgment...Week 4: Evaluating development interventions: 2 Debating the value of types of evidence for evaluation - In this section you will read two blogs written in 2013 by development practitioners. The first is by Rosalind Eyben and Chris Roche, who were with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Systems modelling
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems modelling

...analysis, sociology or business management. In order to get the most out of this course, you need to be familiar with, or at least not worried by, simple mathematics, and recognise some related concepts such as chance and probability. Working through the first self-assessment question (SAQ) will give you an indication of the skills and attitudes involved. If you find you...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs