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Information blackout at the Council of Europe?
Nature & Environment

Information blackout at the Council of Europe?

...data protection and the fight against cybercrime. Such broad and critical activity comes with a deep responsibility, not least to be transparent in its operations to Europe’s citizens. Moreover, as the Council of Europe itself has repeatedly emphasised, enabling access as of right to archived records of consultation and decision-making constitutes a core and essential...
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Using sources: Considering breadth as well as depth
Education & Development

Using sources: Considering breadth as well as depth

...Data’, perhaps a scary concept? As organisations develop and utilize systems that can capture and store the huge quantity of [big] data it interacts with - often referred to as Customer relationship management (CRM) or Marketing information systems (MIS), so we have the ability increasingly to source valuable information from these systems. If you don’t have direct...
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The navigation apps that help the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

The navigation apps that help the visually impaired

...data that cities could use to make spaces better too – for instance, that same traffic data that helps you avoid a tailback might in future help planners to improve road and public transport networks. This link between cities, data and technology is known as the smart city. [An autonomous metro train on the M1 line arrives at DR Byen station in Copenhagen, Denmark] An...
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The case of Simone Biles and perceptions of athlete mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

The case of Simone Biles and perceptions of athlete mental health

...analysis of the Facebook narrative surrounding Biles’ withdrawal from four Facebook accounts – Simone Biles’ own profile, Fox News and CNN (American news outlets), and Bleacher Report (international news outlet specialising in sports and sports culture). A total of 87,714 user comments were collected from 29 posts covering the news and were analysed using the...
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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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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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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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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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