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The Psychology of Decision Making
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychology of Decision Making

...analysis would be unwise. While these ways of thinking are not the same as rigorous logic or formally rational reasoning, they are well suited to fast-paced intuitive judgements and actions. However, these evolved modes of thinking also create some major traps. The use of heuristics As decision makers, none of us has infinite resources or time to devote to gathering and...
What You Need to Know About Psychometrics
Health, Sports & Psychology

What You Need to Know About Psychometrics

...analysis of research studies, books and reports, Bertua et al. (2005) found that tests of general mental ability and specific cognitive abilities (verbal, numerical, perceptual and spatial) are valid predictors of both job performance and training success, especially for job roles that require complex thinking. Psychologists use different psychological theories to inform...
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...analysis may be needed to provide the necessary data. The bicycle design example enabled us to explore the idea that a solution is always a compromise, but that the best compromise can be found by the use of quantitative tools such as merit indices. We saw that the solution-finding process generally contains loops, where certain steps are repeated until an acceptable...
The house doesn't always win
Digital & Computing

The house doesn't always win

...data over the casino’s wireless network could be read remotely by the casino’s owners. At some point, hackers found a weakness in the thermostat’s computers and were able to use it to connect to the casino’s main computer network. From there, they were able to steal data about regular, high-rolling casino users. There is no sign any money was stolen, but personal...
Do children exercise less in winter?
Education & Development

Do children exercise less in winter?

...data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study, which measured levels of physical activity in more than 700 seven year old children across a calendar year using accelerometers. Using the data, they also modelled the relationship between levels of activity and variables such as gender, weight and family income. The results of their study are published in the journal Medicine &...
Ceasefire anniversary in Northern Ireland: 30 years of an impossible peace
OpenLearn Ireland

Ceasefire anniversary in Northern Ireland: 30 years of an impossible peace

...analysis of the long process of peace, drawing on the thoughts of some of those who made it possible. As the story of those thirty years develops, we arrive at a moment when history meets a new generation. “Impossible Peace” Impossible Peace was published by Brian Rowan in August 2024. The project is a marrying of spoken and written words that help tell the story of...
Sex and the Natsal surveys – how do you compare?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sex and the Natsal surveys – how do you compare?

...least - "Sex stats for the British population" an interactive stats tool giving you access to all of Natsal-3 data in a fun and easy-to-use way. Mae'r adnodd yma hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg. | This resource is also available in Welsh. [Wellcome Trust logo] This work has been funded by a Wellcome Trust research enrichment public engagement grant. Grant number: 212931/Z/18/A...
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...analysis is at the heart of good science. This free course, Assessing contemporary science, will introduce you to the assessment of reports on contemporary areas in science, allowing you to examine the scientific information that is available to members of the public in a range of forms. Additionally, you will explore the ways in which scientific knowledge develops and...
Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs