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Mr Brewin’s S1 – The Spirit Level

The slides I was talking about are embedded below. They are from a debate between the authors of The Spirit Level (you can buy it here) and their detractors (who have been shown to be wrong, and wanting to dispute the evidence for ideological reasons). The audio of the debate can be found here.
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Mr Brewin’s Y12 S1 – Correlation

The powerpoint on correlation and PMCC can be found here.

The ‘Joy of Stat’s programme I was talking about is on iPlayer here (need to watch it soon as it’ll soon expire) and the ‘More or Less’ podcast can be found on their website too. Well worth listening to.

Mr Brewin’s Year 12: Correlation

For those who weren’t there today, and for those who need a copy for notes, I’ve uploaded the presentation here.

Special homework in for Weds, and have a look at Ex 6B too please. Shout here if you need help!

Have a good weekend,

KB

Year 11 Div 1 – Modelling

Here’s the slides from today’s lesson – well, of this topic so far.

Quick reminder of the homework: Page 122, Ex 28.1 qu 3, then Ex 28.2 qu 1

In for Tuesday, which’ll be the final work lesson. Then the grand Christmas quiz in the lesson on Weds, so get your trivia hats ready!

Mr Riedel’s Year 8 class – Correlation

Click here if you missed the notes on Correlation. Remember to complete the scatter graph and conclusion for the data we collected today and stick the graph into your book before our next lesson.