1.4.7.1 Quartiles for the SIRDS data
This Unit will introduce you to a number of ways of representing data graphically and of summarising data numerically. You will learn the uses for pie charts, bar charts, histograms and scatterplots. You will also be introduced to various ways of summarising data and methods for assessing location and dispersion.
4.7: Quartiles and the interquartile range
This Unit will introduce you to a number of ways of representing data graphically and of summarising data numerically. You will learn the uses for pie charts, bar charts, histograms and scatterplots. You will also be introduced to various ways of summarising data and methods for assessing location and dispersion.
Learning outcomes After studying this unit you should be able to: acquire and critically apply the research, analytical and evaluative skills needed for effective practice and the promotion of equality across universal and specialist services for children; develop a skilled, dynamic and ethical approach to working with children; understand and analyse the contributions of different approaches to the study of children, childhood and families, and recognise the potenti
McKinsey Chief-U.S., European Growth Lags
Mar. 1 - Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Co. Dominic Barton says China's economy is moving from investment-based growth to consumption-based growth, while Europe and the U.S. lag behind.
Alcoa, McKinsey Heads on Job Creation
Mar. 1 - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alcoa Klaus Kleinfeld says the company's growth projects will support an environment in which jobs are created.
Oil spike casts shadow on motor show
Concerns over the soaring price of Brent crude due to political tensions across the Middle East are being discussed almost as much as the cars at this year's Geneva car show.
127: The next Microsoft: Here's a partial list...
Innovation is flourishing despite a decline in venture capital funding. Silicon Valley veteran Adeo Ressi shares his predictions for life-changing technologies looking for funding.
Who Discovered the First Dinosaur Fossils?
Various early human cultures recognized fossils of extinct dinosaurs and other groups as bones of dead animals or mythical dragons, including Native Americans and, especially the Chinese, some of whom still use ground up fossil bones in medical treatments.
But the first scientific account about a dinosaur fossil was not published until 1677 in Europe. Then, Englishman Robert Plot described the lower end of a thighbone that formed the knee of Megalosaurus, a carnivorous dinosaur common in Jurass
3XSQ: GM marketing chief out; HSBC $2 bln hit
July 30 - GM's marketing chief Joel Ewanick given a red card and HSBC takes a $2 billion hit for U.S., U.K. flaws.
Breakingviews: Dimon vs Weill
July 30 - Jeffrey Goldfarb and Antony Currie discuss the subtext of Jamie Dimon's management shakeup at JPMorgan given his former mentor Sandy Weill's recent comments about breaking up banks.
U.S. Day Ahead: Markets naively optimistic before Fed meeting
July 30 - With the Dow still clinging to the magic 13,000 mark, investors are being way too optimistic ahead of the Fed meeting, according to Reuters Breakingviews Agnes Crane.
Assimilation of N2O in the Upper Atmosphere Using a Kalman Filter: N2O Mixing Ratio
This series of animations shows assimilation of N2O in the upper atmosphere using observations from the Cryogenic Limb Etalon Spectrometer (CLAES) on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). Winds were provided by the Goddard EOS Data Assimilation System (GEOS-DAS). Flow is at the 850K isentropic level. N2O mixing ratio is expressed in parts per billion volume (ppbv).
Baltimore Man Donates Part of His Liver to Save Girlfriend's Life
Robert Hopkins, 25, and Jennifer Dietrick, 25, both of Baltimore, had been dating seriously for more than two years when Jennifer was diagnosed in February 2012 with acute liver failure caused by excessive levels of acetaminophen. She had been taking acetaminophen for several weeks as she recovered from injuries sustained in a car accident, unaware that overuse of this medicine could lead to liver failure.
Jennifer's condition deteriorated rapidly, and she needed a liver transplant. No livers w
Adding Trend Lines to Charts
This short video clip demonstrates how to add a trend line to a chart created in Excel 2007. It also describes the various formatting options for the trend line. (0:37)
Ladder Method
Copy the Same Value to Multiple Cells
This video demonstrates how to copy the same value into multiple cells in an Excel 2007 workbook. It also demonstrates how to copy the same formula into multiple cells. (0:48)
Looking at 20th Century Art through the Eyes of a Physicist
Physicist and art collector Walter Lewin shares his personal insights into major works of art from the first quarter of the 20th century.
Known in the hallways of building 37 for his famous art contests, Lewin succumbs to pressure from students and colleagues to give this lecture as part of an IAP event in advance of trips to t
Chapter 5
Intellectual Property and Internet Law
Innovating Pedagogy 2012: Exploring new forms of teaching, learning and assessment, to guide educ
This series of reports explores new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation. The first report proposes ten innovations that are already in currency but have not yet had a profound influence on education. To produce it, a group of academics at the Institute of Educational Technology in The Open University proposed a long list of new educational terms, theories, and practices. We then pared these down to ten
How to Remove Hidden Information
This video details how to remove hidden content such as links, actions, and JavaScript in a PDF file usnig the new Protection Panel in Acrobat X Std. or Pro.
