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How Team GB cyclists peaked at the Olympics and owned the velodrome
Health, Sports & Psychology

How Team GB cyclists peaked at the Olympics and owned the velodrome

...data analysts. Success breeds success The old addage “success breeds success” clearly applies to the whole of Great Britain’s Olympic team. On the track the first cycling gold in the men’s team pursuit at Rio seems to have given the squad a level positivity and confidence which not only motivated them, but also potentially has intimidated their rivals. This notion...
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The 2016 race enters the home straight
Society, Politics & Law

The 2016 race enters the home straight

...data sets to compare the performance of opinion polls and betting (or prediction) markets, over a large number of US elections. We concluded that the markets tend to be more accurate than the polls in identifying election outcomes. There are signs that pundits and reporters are noticing; RealClearPolitics, for instance, also now reports the latest betting odds. On that...
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Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation
Society, Politics & Law

Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation

...data and information about many of the different dimensions of poverty and their impact in Scotland. Contributors focus on specific areas of poverty and consider some of the ways in which these can be addressed by policy. Here the emphasis on ‘the tools’ to combat poverty and disadvantage is a central theme running through the collection. The discussion of poverty,...
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Why is scientific research part of emergency response?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is scientific research part of emergency response?

...data can demonstrate that government policies are causing harm to people.” What I heard did enough to overturn an initial impression that this vital frontline science might be lacking the visibility that would help both itself and others in the field. But humanitarianism remains a field with a weaker tradition of evidence than health and medicine have — and even when...
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Why did the SNP lose seats in the 2017 General Election?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did the SNP lose seats in the 2017 General Election?

...data has yet to be released, it is possible that some of these people abandoned the SNP in order to vote for a party that was more committed to Brexit, such as the Conservatives, or, potentially, Labour. Whether or not this diminishes their support for Scottish independence remains to be seen. This personal viewpoint was originally published by OpenDemocracy under a...
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Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?
Education & Development

Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?

...data are tethered inexorably to the surveys’ options. The complex factors which interact to develop young readers’ identities and the myriad of elements which characterise their experiences are inescapably ignored in such surveys. Layered upon pre-existing national assessment systems, these surveys arguably serve to constrain what counts as reading in school and are...
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If Wannacry caused so much disruption, how come it raised so little money?
Digital & Computing

If Wannacry caused so much disruption, how come it raised so little money?

...data from a central server. Thus, despite more than 200,000 infections worldwide, there have been fewer than 200 payments. The weak impact is because this is a different type of ransomware. The most successful ones spread through spear phishing emails and target individuals and small businesses, which often do not have back-ups. This ransomware was different in that it...
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Transitioning from home education to employment
Education & Development

Transitioning from home education to employment

...data was how all but four of the adults had been in continuous employment since starting their first job. The four who where not in current employment cited reasons outside of their education for their unemployed status such as caring responsibilities and health related issues. For the majority, they felt that home education had given them an “advantage in the working...
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