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Descriptive statistics

  McEvoy, M., & Wills, T. (2020). Descriptive statistics for summarising data. BMC Research Notes, 13, Article 168.   https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-05038-7 A concise and accessible resource that explains the role of descriptive statistics in summarising research data, and provides examples of how these methods support the interpretation of distributions, variability, and central tendencies. Weiss, M. J., & Maynard, R. A. (2022). Descriptive analysis in education: A guide for researchers. National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE 2023-001). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved from:  https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/2023001/pdf/2023001.pdf A methodological guide detailing best practices for conducting and reporting descriptive analyses in educational research, particularly useful for researchers in mixed-methods or quantitative studies. Loeb, S., Dynarski, S., McFarland, D., Morris, P., Reardon, S., ...

Useful links for accessibility guidance

 Overview of categories of disability and corresponding user accessibility needs most relevant to digital product design and implementation:  - Cognitive Disabilities: https://lnkd.in/ej7aE3Qm - Physical/Motor Disabilities: https://lnkd.in/eGVbQ8PJ - Visual Disabilities: https://lnkd.in/e9S6MtWf - Auditory Disabilities: https://lnkd.in/eM4-3a7A - Speech Disabilities: https://lnkd.in/eUftQGza - Chronic Illness: https://lnkd.in/e4gRyy8R Excerpted from What Every Engineer Should Know About Digital Accessibility—https://lnkd.in/eSYSbsKV

GOV.UK AT training page

  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/developing-a-competency-framework-for-effective-assistive-technology-training

Persona links

 It’s like visiting with old friends, posting the accessibility personas from A Web for Everyone on the Know About Accessibility website. With gratitude to Whitney Quesenbery, Tom Biby, and Louis Rosenfeld for their role in bringing the personas to life. Sarah Horton LinkedIn post - Carol: Grandmother with macular degeneration https://lnkd.in/eqKPhpmU - Emily: Cerebral palsy, living independently https://lnkd.in/e_AWD2D5 - Jacob: Blind paralegal and a bit of a geek https://lnkd.in/eC9GaJ_Y - Lea: Editor, living with fatigue and pain https://lnkd.in/ekeqSgjZ - Maria: Bilingual community health worker https://lnkd.in/emQMJqh4 - Steven: Deaf graphic artist and ASL speaker https://lnkd.in/eD4QjdWn - Trevor: High school student with autism https://lnkd.in/eahZ-Aie - Vishnu: Engineer, global citizen with low vision https://lnkd.in/eZDPw7Fu

Captions stats 80 per cent not deaf

 Meryl LinkedIn post: Snippet- Wow. Wow. Wow. Captions continue leveling up! Of course, I'm biased as it's my No. 1 accessibility tool. But truly ... many folks use captions. Not just the deaf and hard of hearing. I've quoted the OfCom survey a million times. OK, maybe not that many. Anyway, it shows 80% of the people who use captions are not deaf or hard of hearing. I've also quoted Preply's "50% of Americans watch content with subtitles most of the time." Also, Netflix reported "80% of members use subtitles or closed captions at least once a month." Now, Netflix is leveling up with captions in the final season of "YOU"! They're introducing a new option: Captions that only show spoken dialogue.