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= Topic 1 Objectives = click here for the objectives and useful links to individual objectives. = = = __Statistics__ = Standard Deviation Presentation. It is imperative you learn and utilize standard deviation in your analysis of data during investigations. Statistics Survival Kit-a great documents to //remind// you what is needed for statistical analysis. Precision and Accuracy Presentation. How do we know if we are measuring correctly? Will it being imprecise and inaccurate effect my results? =Sebastion Wernicke's TED Talk= In a brilliantly tongue-in-cheek analysis, Sebastian Wernicke turns the tools of statistical analysis on TEDTalks, to come up with a metric for creating "the optimum TEDTalk" based on user ratings. How do you rate it? "Jaw-dropping"? "Unconvincing"? Or just plain "Funny"? media type="custom" key="10352668" align="left" width="90" height="90"

Ben Goldacre: Battling Bad Science
Ben is a lecturer, medical doctor and academic who specialises in unpicking dodgy scientific claims from drug companies, newspapers, government reports, PR people and quacks. We don't realize how we are influenced by media and bad science to make use believe foolish ideas that goes against "common sense" (not really so common). You can also access his blog site [|here].

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=Youtube Video on Standard Deviation and Error Bars=

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=**Youtube Video on Examples of Random Uncertainties and Systematic Errors**= media type="custom" key="23643238" align="left" width="68" height="68"

=__**Topic 1: Systems and Models Presentation**__=

Includes analysis of the carbon, nitrogen and water cycles with an emphasis on the transfers and transformations. Made for the IB Environmental Systems and Societies course. media type="custom" key="23823594" align="center"

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