“Data! Data! Data!” he cried impatiently. “I can’t make bricks without clay.” ~ Sherlock Holmes Whether you want to know how many Costa outlets have opened in London last year, the outlook of the cosmetics market in Hong Kong or …
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Maths Café has closed for the Summer! They will return from 16 September bringing you daily Maths (and weekly statistics, logistics and operational research) support. While library staff are happy to help you find books, ebooks and other resources that …
Maths Café will be closed during the Easter holiday period (8-26 April). Drop-ins will resume on the 29th April for the remaining two weeks of the teaching term (after which Maths Cafe have promised a further announcement). During the Easter …
The Maths Café is done for this academic year but they will be back as usual from 17th September 2018. In the meantime, if you have any mathematical or statistical quandries: the Library offers a huge range of textbooks and …
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The Maths Café is taking a well deserved Christmas holiday. The team will be back from 8 January 2018, including making a regular Wednesday trip to the Library to help you sort out your statistical conundrums. In the meantime, if …
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli is supposed to have coined the phrase popularised by Mark Twain that, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Click here to discover some choice examples of why you should always approach other …
Until 28th February 2017, we are pleased to present a free trial of Statista, a platform offering an easy way to search and browse statistics and trends, which brings together statistics on many different topics from a variety of different sources for easy …
Kompass.com is a B2B (Business-to-Business) database which provides global and local company, product and business contacts. If you want to find out more then search the library catalogue under EasyBusiness. It is specifically designed for businesses, to create tailored searches …
Our new business-to business-database (B2B) Canadean Consumer is a useful tool for country and consumer research. It provides a variety of reports, case studies and analyses into consumer trends that drive global markets. Market research is undertaken by a network …
Did you know that the number of people drowned falling in a swimming pool correlates with the number of films Nicholas Cage has appeared in? Well perhaps not, but this page reminds us why we need to be careful with …
