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A selection of our social bookmarks sorted by category which we believe to be of general interest. If you prefer to look at the complete list, they are available from Delicious.

3 BBC NEWS | Programmes | More Or Less

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/more_or_less/default.stm

BBC Radio 4 programme on numbers and statistics. Produced in partnership with the Open University
A visualization of media hype

http://alexbowyer.posterous.com/visualization-media-hype

Plotting media stories from Google News
BBC NEWS | Programmes | More Or Less

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/more_or_less/

BBC Radio 4 on top form
Chance Magazine Homepage

http://www.amstat.org/publications/chance/

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Improving data visualisation for the public sector

http://www.improving-visualisation.org.uk/

Good data visualisation can help users explore and understand the patterns and trends in data, and also communicate that understanding to others to help them make robust decisions based on the data being presented. This site supports public sector researchers improve the way that they visualise data, by providing good practice examples and case studies, practical and step-by-step guides on how to visualise data, and links to more detailed resources.
Mathematics and Crime (DS & Chris Budd) Harold Shipman

http://mediaplayer.group.cam.ac.uk/component/option,com_mediadb/Itemid,26/?search=Spiegel&Title=CHECKED&Stars=CH...

2 Videos
Science Team: The public view of uncertainty

http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/E01951X/1

group receiving grant for risk communication
Sense About Science

http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/index.php

Organisation that promotes public understanding of prominent topics
Significance

http://www.swetswise.com/eAccess/viewTitleIssues.do?titleID=249233

Royal Statistical Society's popular journal

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