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250-year-old research methodology helps solve 21st Century population questions

2016-02-27 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Researchers from the ESRC Centre for Population Change at the University of Southampton and Statistics New Zealand have published an article in the Routledge journal Population Studies arguing that Bayesian methodology, a statistical tool introduced by Rev. Thomas Bayes in the 18th Century, is vital in providing solutions to many difficult statistical problems, particularly those presented by 21st Century population studies. The open access article examines the achievements of Bayesian methodology...

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Using Population Data to Predict Construction Trends

2016-02-26 19:10:28| Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Lets take a look at how population data can be used to predict construction market trends. We'll tell this story through the use of seven graphs. read more

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Antarctica study: Iceberg almost erases penguin population

2016-02-23 02:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: A new scientific study says an estimated 150,000 Adelie penguins have died in Cape Denison, Antarctica in the five years since a giant iceberg blocked their main access to food. The fact that the other colony is well preserved means that the decreased population in the Commonwealth Bay is due to the iceberg and no other factors involved. This strenuous trek has taken a devastating toll on the population, killing as many as 150,000 since 2011, according to a new study from the Climate Change Research...

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