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What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...statistically significant increase in the frequency or severity of any adverse effects in the exposed population compared with a control group. The closely related LOAEL, lowest observable adverse effect level, is the level where adverse effects are observed. The guideline value (GV) is then calculated from the TDI as follows: [GV equation left hand side equals right hand...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...Statistics on numbers affected and affected groups. A comprehensive site on all aspects of HIV. CDC national prevention network. A site on treatment. This page has a lot on vaccines. Polio The WHO maintains a regularly updated website on the history and progress of the eradication campaign, and the current global status of polio, and links to specific country data and a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Hybrid working: starting in the workplace
Money & Business

Hybrid working: starting in the workplace

...statistics that illustrate the impact of your skills, this evidence will back up your claims. In the video below, three contributors from iungo Solutions – Zainab (a recent graduate, now a technical content analyst), Ploy (an HR and recruitment executive); and Jessica (co-founder and chief executive) – talk about their experiences of looking for employment, skills...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...Statistical analysis is beyond the scope of this course and would require larger data-sets. Nevertheless, you can carry out some simple comparisons. To do this first identify those individuals who are positive for IgG S-antibodies (titre >4). Then carry out two comparisons. In each case compare the median titre in one group with the median titre in the other. The median...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
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Money & Business

Risk management

...statistical probability of a particular outcome. Results are often presented as ‘p’ values, denoting how statistically likely a particular outcome is. Strategic Review Analysis (SRA) or Programme Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) This is an approach to understanding the likely variance to a schedule. Like the Monte Carlo, this is a mathematical simulation. Each...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...statistics, to determine the likelihood of a couple having offspring with genetic disorders such as sickle cell anaemia. Some genetic disorders such as phenylketonuria have had simple chemical detection tests available for some time. Once detected, careful control of diet prevents mental retardation, demonstrating the value of detecting the presence of a genetic disease...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...statistical tests to be used based on the selection. It starts off by asking ‘What type of question do you have?’, and by the time you reach one or other of the end points at the bottom, you should have obtained the relevant answer – the appropriate statistical test that you should use. Now this is an extremely useful scheme, but it would not typically be considered...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...statistics, they look extremely stupid. How could it be that children are doing statistics? So to test this, we used a machine that we have called the blicket detector. This is a box that lights up and plays music when you put some things on it and not others. And using this very simple machine, my lab and others have done dozens of studies showing just how good babies...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs