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Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...Statistics – Opinions and Lifestyle Survey. Notes for Figure 13: Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding. ‘Spring 2020 lockdown’: 23 March 2020 to 13 May 2020. ‘Autumn and winter 2020 restrictions’: 14 October 2020 to 4 January 2021. ‘Early 2021 lockdown’: 5 January 2021 to 8 March 2021. ‘Roadmap for England published’: 22 February 2021....
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...statistics (Table 1). Table 1 Comparison of mortality with sickness recorded by friendly societies in England and Wales LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN ENGLAND AND WALES AMONG MEN, IN 1908 LEADING CAUSES OF SICKNESS IN THREE FRIENDLY SOCIETIES, 1896–1919 CAUSE % OF TOTAL CAUSE % OF TOTAL Heart disease 14 Accidents 16 Tuberculosis 14 Poorly identified 13 Old age 8 Influenza...
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...statistically weak, as to be almost meaningless. C. BRANDON OGBUNU: We have this envy of fields where things are hyper-simplistic. We want to be able to look at a genome and say that people are these kinds of concrete immutable things, that cannot be changed. Genetics doesn’t work that way, it’s the product of many genes interacting with each other and their...
10 years of The Bottom Line
Money & Business

10 years of The Bottom Line

...statistic. And of course its influence goes beyond mere numbers. As Tim Luckhurst, professor of journalism at Kent University says, “It is the only news outlet that Britain’s opinion formers wake up to”. And then there is the mission to entertain, which Evan does admirably as presenter of the hugely popular Dragon’s Den. The programme has done much to communicate...
Work and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Work and mental health

...statistics show how common it is to experience a mental health problem while in employment. They also demonstrate that many people find it challenging to disclose this information to employers. How do we ensure that people with mental health problems can find and keep employment? Mind (2016) reports many barriers to keeping and finding work for individuals with a mental...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...statistics) to understand gender equality in sport understand gender discrimination in sport via traditional perceptions of masculinity and femininity...Sporting women in the media: 1 ‘You run like a girl!’ - You will begin by examining the commonly used insult: ‘You run like a girl!’ Why is that a derogatory comment when we see highly competent female athletes...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...statistic for the Earth’s atmosphere As a matter of comparison, if the density of the atmosphere at sea level did remain constant all the way up, what would be the height or thickness of the atmosphere to create the sea-level pressure? Give your answer in km to 3 significant figures. Solution From the fundamental law of hydrostatics cap p sub atm equals rho times g...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...Statistical tests are used to evaluate the probability that any apparent difference between the groups has occurred by chance. A result that is highly unlikely to have occurred by chance is said to be statistically significant, enabling a reasonably confident conclusion that the hypothesis has been confirmed. The same basic framework can also help determine whether or not...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs