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Modelling and estimation
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling and estimation

...2 looks at one particular probability model for discrete data, the binomial distribution. Section 3 investigates how data can be used to estimate the probability of success in a single Bernoulli trial and introduces maximum likelihood estimation...This free course is concerned with modelling and estimation and looks in particular at the binomial distribution. Section 1...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Introduction to algebra
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to algebra

...2 introduces some of the terminology used in algebra and techniques such as evaluating and checking equivalence of expressions, identifying terms in an expression and collecting like terms. Section 3 looks at how to simplify terms and introduces index notation and multiplying powers. Section 4 looks at the use of brackets in algebra and section 5 covers solving, checking...
Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Medical statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Medical statistics

...2 looks at models for cohort studies. Section 3 introduces case-control studies in which individuals are selected according to their disease status and past exposures are then ascertained. Section 4 covers testing for no association in cohort studies and case-control studies...This free course is concerned with some of the statistical methods used in epidemiology and more...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Education & Development

'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?

...2), pp. 161–173. Skiba, R., Michael, R., Nardo, A. and Peterson, R. (2002) ‘The color of discipline: Sources of racial and gender disproportionality in school punishment’, The Urban Review, 34(4), pp. 317–342. Stevens. P. (2007) ‘Researching race/ethnicity and educational inequality in English secondary schools: A critical review of the research literature...
Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Money & Business

Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies

...2(1), pp. 1–19. Grosfoguel, R. (2011) 'Decolonizing post-colonial studies and paradigms of political-economy: Transmodernity, decolonial thinking, and global coloniality'. Transmodernity: journal of peripheral cultural production of the luso-hispanic world, 1(1). Hall, S. (1992) ‘The West and the rest: discourse and power’, in Hall, S. and Gielben, B. (eds)...
Felly, rydych chi eisiau bod yn nyrs? Cyflwyniad byr i nyrsio
Health, Sports & Psychology

Felly, rydych chi eisiau bod yn nyrs? Cyflwyniad byr i nyrsio

...le yn y byd. Byddwch yn dysgu am bedwar maes nyrsio yn y DU, sut beth yw hyfforddiant nyrsys, yn ogystal â beth sy’n gwneud nyrsys gwych. Mae’r cwrs hwn yn cynnig cyflwyniad byr i’r proffesiwn nyrsio a gall eich helpu i benderfynu ai nyrsio yw’r yrfa iawn i chi...Mae’r cwrs yma am ddim, Felly, rydych chi eisiau bod yn nyrs? Cyflwyniad byr i nyrsio, yn rhoi...
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...2 Teacher taking answers from children with their hands up As professionals committed to doing the best for our learners and improving our own practices, reflection and inquiry are highly valued within our education contexts. This can be seen in the ways in which reflection and inquiry are ‘built in’ to our systems and practices. Three case studies of inquiry a. An...
Influenza: A case study
Science, Maths & Technology

Influenza: A case study

...2 days later, and virus particles are shed in secretions over the following 3–4 days. During this period, the patient is infectious and the symptoms are typically at their most severe. After one week, virus is no longer produced, although it is possible to detect viral antigens for up to 2 weeks. Immune responses are initiated immediately after the virus starts to...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs