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The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...mathematical probabilities, often tends to ignore these ‘fright factors’, whereas public perceptions tend to prioritise them over statistical and experimental data. Indeed, assessments of risk are rarely objective. Value judgements, impossible to measure scientifically, often frame individuals' reactions to risk. Thinking of your own response to risk, you might...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...mathematical multiples of the fundamental (in acoustics in general, they are also called overtones or harmonics, but in relation to speech, they are always called formants). The relative strengths of the different formants determine the timbre or texture of the sound. [Figure 3] Courtesy of Daniel Nettle © Courtesy of Daniel Nettle Figure 3 Spectrogram of (a) a single...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...mathematics for several years and have developed your own individual way to explain the key concepts of set theory, involving the students playing a game. You now decide to publish your method of teaching and the game as a multimedia product with an accompanying book. You will write the book but need to hire a developer to produce the multimedia component, to your...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
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Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...podcast associated with the book, available at https://weneedsocial.com/ podcast. Rebecca Fielding also shares her view on the types of leaders that organisations will be recruiting in the future. REBECCA FIELDING: If we look into the long, long term, I think we're seeing some significant macro changes in the world of work, not least of which is that we're seeing fewer...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...podcast. This extract focuses on the state of FIFA post João Havelange’s presidency (1974–1998), and the longer-term political aspects within the organisation. As you listen consider how presenter David Goldblatt and the other contributors explain: FIFA’s growth during and post Havelange’s reign. The subsequent political challenges faced by FIFA. In both...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...mathematical models have to make significant simplifications and therefore cannot possibly take into account every possible parameter which will determine actual passenger numbers. Yet, these played a significant role in the decision-making process.) By 2001, Halcrow had acquired sufficient data to provide a long-term simulation of passenger numbers. The SPASM forecasts...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...mathematical aptitude and business strategy all fall within the scope of the professional engineer. This course does not attempt to teach these skills, but within it you will find pointers towards them and their significance in the engineering context. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Engineering http://www.open.ac.uk/ courses/ find/...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...Mathematics and Computing. The eventual development of the electronic tutor-marked assignment (eTMA) system, which is in use at the time of writing this course, was performed by members of The Open University’s Management Services Division. From the information in Example 1, some of the stakeholders in the project for the electronic assignment system can be readily...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs