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Combining simple, stylish graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Physics is the perfect introduction to the subject for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge.
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Discover the world's most significant events through a detailed, dynamic, book-long timeline of over 7 million years.
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This book covers the computational aspects of psychometric methods involved in developing measurement instruments and analyzing measurement data in social sciences. It covers the main topics of psyc……続きを見る
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David Knoke and Song Yang′s Social Network Analysis, Third Edition provides a concise introduction to the concepts and tools of social network analysis. The authors convey key material while at the ……続きを見る
The Second Edition of An Applied Guide to Research Designs offers researchers in the social and behavioral sciences guidance for selecting the most appropriate research design to apply in their stud……続きを見る
Making statisticsーand statistical softwareーaccessible and rewarding
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Statistical data and evidence-based claims are increasingly central to our everyday lives. Critically examining ‘Big Data’, this book charts the recent explosion in sources of data, including those ……続きを見る
In Kalaupapa Place Names, John Clark presents a unique history of the leprosy settlement on Moloka‘i, based on his meticulous research of more than three hundred Hawaiian-language newspaper articles……続きを見る
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Disembodied research erects false dichotomies between flesh and reason, and between the corporeal and the social. Bycontrast, Torkild Thanem and David Knights engage with approaches and practices th……続きを見る
Everyone does research. Some just do it better than others. In this chaotic world of information and misinformation, referred to as “information fog,” university students, in particular, need to lea……続きを見る
Written by nationally recognized anthropologists Conrad Kottak and Lara Descartes, this ethnography of largely white, middle class families in a town in the midwest explores the role that the media ……続きを見る
Visualizing Law in the Age of the Digital Baroque explores the profound impact that visual digital technologies are having on the practice and theory of law. Today, lawyers, judges, and lay jurors f……続きを見る
With visuals, this book was designed as an easy read with easily understandable visuals, this book will get you organized with all of your notes, papers, documents, family stories, photographs and o……続きを見る