The h-index (Hirsch Number) is a metric that is increasingly becoming of interest to researchers, especially in the light of the REF. An h-index is “a number that quantifies both the actual scientific productivity and the apparent scientific impact of a scientist“. You can work it out manually, but to be honest you’d need to be mad or a bibliometrics fiend to want to.
TubeMogul is a free service that provides a single point for deploying uploads to the top video sharing sites, and analytics on who, what, and how videos are being viewed.
SNAPP is a software tool that allows users to visualize the network of interactions resulting from discussion forum posts and replies. The network visualisations of forum interactions provide an opportunity for teachers to rapidly identify patterns of user behaviour – at any stage of course progression. SNAPP has been developed to extract all user interactions from various commercial and open source learning management systems (LMS) such as BlackBoard (including the former WebCT), and Moodle. SNAPP is compatible for both Mac and PC users and operates in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.
A compilation of important epidemiologic concepts and common biostatistical terms used in medical research. For more detailed information on these topics, use the reference list at the end of the document.
Interactive graphic by Rod Lucier. The entires are divided by type of visualization method, and rolling over each 'element' opens an example of the visualization method in question.
Flesh is a cross-platform, open source Java application which produces two scores: the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level and the Flesch Reading Ease Score. Using those numbers, the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level and Flesch Reading Ease Score can then be calculated.