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Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...analysis of epidemiological data to shed light on the underlying causes, and inform actions to bring outbreaks under control direct intervention to prevent infection, e.g. through vaccination, reducing environmental sources of pathogens, or isolation and treatment of infected individuals education to promote behaviour change that reduces the risk of infection, or reduces...
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...data analysis – for researching and analysing data, exploring topics online, such as athlete profiles, historical events, or statistical trends. Sports analytics – collecting and analysing data to gain insights and make informed decisions. Perhaps addressing statistical concepts and analysis techniques, such as player performance metrics, game strategies, or injury...
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Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...data analysis. It is important to be transparent about if and how your position shaped your choice of topic or interpretation of data, and to declare any conflicts of interest...Session 1: Why study this course?: 3.1 The implications of being an insider researcher - If you position yourself as an insider researcher, you have the advantage of a working relationship,...
Prices, location and spread
Science, Maths & Technology

Prices, location and spread

...data for obvious errors is an important part of any data analysis. Then an averaging process is used to obtain a price ratio for each item that fairly reflects how the price of the item has changed across the country. The exact details are quite complicated and are not described here. (If you want more details, they are given in the Consumer Price Indices Technical...
Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...analysis and interpretation of data, ways of using new technologies, understanding how we decarbonise our manufacturing and our technology and how they can be part of that. LEIGH-ANNE PERRYMAN The skills that people need are related to both adaptation to the effects of climate change and the climate crisis, but also skills in relation to mitigation against it. SIMON...
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Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...data is then distributed for analysis to a network of computers around the world, and worked on by scientists worldwide. [A ‘server farm’ at CERN in Switzerland] Figure 10 The ‘server farm’ at CERN in Switzerland...Session 1: The rise of digital thinking tools: 3.2 Reach - Reach refers to the fact that digital technology allows us to share data easily with...
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Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...data and carry out some simple data analysis...Week 4: Screening for SARS-CoV2 antibodies: 1 Background to the investigation - In Week 3, you were introduced to the sample set provided by the ELISA: epidemiology laboratory. The set of 60 serum samples were chosen to allow investigation of the level of immunity to SARS-CoV2 in the UK population in August 2021. This time...
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Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...data analysis, but they weren’t familiar with the non-profit organisation’s intervention model or the challenges faced by their clients. The report explains, ‘Robert saw first-hand how powerful curiosity can be. He learned to ask open-ended questions and facilitate conversations that brought together the Deloitte team’s expertise and the client’s knowledge –...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs