Student Request: Converting a fraction into a decimal

In response to a session I ran the other day, I thought the following Khan Academy video would be really useful for those who are looking at refreshing on how to convert a fraction into a decimal. It is also really useful as it explains how to convert a decimal into a fraction :-)

If you have any questions around Maths Support, please email learningservices@ucs.ac.uk

Thanks - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Ybc7289-bw.jpg

Monthly video: Interpreting p values

Currently, one of the most frequent requests we receive is around, "what is a p value? what does it mean?".

The following videos have been selected to answer the following questions; 

1. what is a p-value?
2. when and where are thy used?
3. what do they show?

The videos use lots of terminology, a key one to remember, is "Null hypothesis, refers to a general statement or default position that there is no relationship between two measured phenomena." If we reject the Null hypothesis, (indicated by a low p-value) we can accept the alternate hypothesis"

Video 1:


Video 2: Looks at it from the perspective of the hypothesis


More YouTube explanations are available from: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=interpreting+p+values 

If you have any questions, please email learningservices@ucs.ac.uk

If you are using Google Sheets, there is a template to allow you to calculate a Z and T Test, which produces the p values. For more information, see

• https://drive.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0As3tAuweYU9QcHlVM3hrY2tocEkzUjZwcDFmd2xTRXc&mode=public 

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Thanks - Image Source - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/P-value_Graph.png

Student request: Find the equation of a line with a certain gradient which passes through a specific point

We've had a few requests from students around how to find the equation of a line which passes through a specific point, and has a certain slope (gradient), within the Faculty of Health and Science, Dept of Science and Technology.

For example, their practical problems (Basic Algebra 4), sheet includes 9 questions. The following video walks through one method which is nice and straight forward.

If you've been struggling with your approach, perhaps the following will help. The equation you need to provide is slope-intercept equation which is calculated at the end of the video.



If you have any questions, please contact Learning Services (learningservices@ucs.ac.uk)

Student request: Help solving simultaneous equations

We've had a few requests from students around how to solve simultaneous numbers, within the Faculty of Health and Science, Dept of Science and Technology.

For example, their practical problems (Basic Algebra 3), sheet includes 30 questions. The following video walks through one method which is nice and straight forward. If you've been struggling with your approach, perhaps the following will help.

If you have any questions, please contact Learning Services (learningservices@ucs.ac.uk)