Welcome

Welcome to the brand new Clydebank College!

Welcome to your website or blog. A blog is a website which puts new stuff at the top and pushes old stuff to the bottom.

There is loads of stuff on the web to help make your numeracy more relevant and interesting. This blog will have links to them to save you having to type in long web addresses (URLs)

The key thing about a blog is that you go to the bottom of the page and work your way to the top.

Gross Pay, Nett Pay etc.

Work through the LTS Online resource on Gross Pay, Nett Pay etc. Although this is dated it is still useful. Work out the answers to the questions yourself on paper before clicking 'reveal'.

Long time .. No see

It seems like ages since we did Standard Deviation .. Can you remember it?
Here is a question..
The number of hours worked by a part time Care Assistant each day is
4 5 6 5 5

(a) What is the average (mean)number of hours worked?
(b) What is the Mode?
(c) What is the Range?
(d) What is the Standard Deviation?

Income Tax

Clicking here or on the title above will take you directly to the current allowances and rates for Income Tax.
What is the Personal Allowance at the moment?

If someone earns £7200 per annum, how much tax do they pay in the year 2007/2008? How much would they pay in 2008/2009?

In 2007/8 a care assistant earns £14,000 per annum, some of her tax is at the 'starting rate' and the remainder is paid at the 'basic rate'. How much tax does she pay? What is her net pay?
There was an uproar when the Chancellor announced changes to the tax rules so that there was no 'starting rate'. Why?

The Big Scary Formula

The big scary formula is not so scary any more ... If you were at the class. If you were absent it is up to you to find out what you missed. There are plenty of people in the class who have a good understanding of standard deviation.

15 September 2008 Social Work Statistics

Social Work Scotland uses graphs to present information in a way that makes it easier to compare. Here is a link to a graph which can be used to compare different local authorities.

September 15th Standard Deviation

The Standard Deviation is one of many tools used to measure the 'spread' of data. It looks like a scary formula but once you get the hang of it it is not as scary as it looks.
If you go on to study any social science you will meet this formula. In this section you will only work out the formula for small amounts of data and this will be enough to show you how to use the formula.

With large amounts of data you will use a computer program like Excel. (not needed for this course)

Mymaths has quite a nice introduction to the formula. It assumes you know how to calculate the mean (average). If you have forgotten how to calculate the mean you can revise it here.
The login is clydebank and the password is t****t. (Memory jog only)
The LTS Int 2 website has a bit more on standard deviation. Work through the website and do the examples. These have been printed out for you. Dont 'reveal' until you have done the question for yourself.

Percentages in Graphs

For a link to powerpoint slides which show examples of percentages in graphs click here. If the links dont work in college they may work if you have a computer at home.