Math skills aren't enough to get through hard decisions
Almost a third of American adults don't have the math skills necessary to make effective decisions about their health and finances.
Almost a third of American adults don't have the math skills necessary to make effective decisions about their health and finances.
Education
Sep 10, 2019
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Being good at math relates to better financial and medical outcomes—unless you don't have confidence in your own abilities with numbers, new research suggests.
Social Sciences
Sep 9, 2019
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Elsevier, the large information and analytics company that also serves as a platform for multiple publishing entities, has released the results of a study the company carried out with a charity organization called Sense About ...
When it comes to investing, conservatives may have a built-in advantage, according to a study by business scholars at Rice University, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, the University of Texas at San ...
Economics & Business
Aug 28, 2019
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Civil aviation regulators from around the world failed to make a determination Thursday on when Boeing's popular 737 MAX aircraft can return to the skies after being grounded following two deadly crashes.
Other
May 24, 2019
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The University of Portsmouth is helping its students build a strong personal brand to increase their confidence and enhance their employability.
Education
May 17, 2019
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Companies testing autonomous vehicles in Pittsburgh will have to immediately report crashes resulting in any injuries as part of new guidelines announced Monday intended to boost public confidence in the testing after a deadly ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 4, 2019
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Assigning chores to children equally, giving them unsupervised freedom outdoors, and providing good career role models would help address workplace gender inequality, according to University of Queensland research.
Social Sciences
Dec 11, 2018
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"Handy bit of research finds sexuality can be determined by the lengths of people's fingers" was one recent headline based on a peer-reviewed study by well-respected researchers at the University of Essex published in the ...
Mathematics
Nov 1, 2018
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There has been a rise in global statistical initiatives that measure and rank countries in terms of various aspects of the human condition. Some of the more prominent examples include the Human Development Index, the World ...
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2018
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