Social research and statistics Books

Fieldwork is a central method of research throughout anthropology, a much-valued, much-vaunted mode of generating information. But its nature and process have been seriously understudied in biological anthropology and primatology. This book is the first...

As we move deeper into the twenty-first century, power, lethal force, and injustice continue to explode violently into war, and the prospects for lasting peace look even bleaker. The horrors of modern warfare - the death, dehumanization, and destruction...

Anthropology as Ethics is concerned with rethinking anthropology by rethinking the nature of reality. It develops the ontological implications of a defining thesis of the Manchester School: that all social orders exhibit basically conflicting underlying...

Most cultures and societies have their own customs and traditions of treating their dead. In the past, some deceased received a burial that deviated from tradition. The reasons for unusual burial could result from reasons such as outbreaks of epidemics...

Arising from the need to go beyond the semiotic, cognitive, epistemic and symbolic reading of diagrams, this book looks at what diagrams are capable of in scholarly work related to the social sciences. Rather than attempting to define what diagrams are,...

The use of mixed methods designs for conducting research has become a major trend in social science research. Renowned methodological experts Janice Morse and Linda Niehaus present a guide to intermediate and experienced researchers on the possibilities...

Oil Painting: A Handbook For The Use Of Students And Schools (1885) is a comprehensive guide to the art of oil painting. Written by Frank Fowler, a renowned artist and teacher, the book covers all aspects of oil painting, from the materials needed to the...

Tales For Latin Prose Composition: Arranged For Notes And Vocabulary (1885) is a book written by George Henry Wells. The book is designed to help students of Latin improve their skills in prose composition by providing them with a collection of tales...

Social Reform and the Reformation is a book written by Jacob Salwyn Schapiro and published in 1909. The book explores the relationship between the Protestant Reformation and the social reform movements that emerged in Europe during the same period...

La Chine de la première moitié du XXème siècle a connu de nombreux bouleversements dont la fin des dynasties, les mouvements pour la république, les Seigneurs de guerre, les invasions des étrangers.

Memoria Cronol������gica del Establecimiento, Propagaci������n y Permanencia de la Religi������n Cat������lica Apost������lica Romana: en Islas Canarias (1865) es un libro escrito por Agust������n D������az N�����������ez. Este libro es una cr������nica...

Le livre ""Lettres A MM. Gaston Paris Et Barry Sur Les Celtes Et Les Germains (1869)"" de Justin Cenac-Moncaut est une collection de lettres adress�����es ������ deux �����minents linguistes fran�����ais, Gaston Paris et Barry, sur les Celtes et les...

Epitaphs From Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts: From 1657 To 1892, With Biographical And Historical Dates is a book written by Bradford Kingman and published in 1892. The book is a collection of epitaphs from Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts,...

This book explains the importance of using the probability that the hypothesis is correct (PHC), an intuitive measure that anyone can understand, as an alternative to the p-value. In order to overcome the "reproducibility crisis" caused by the...

This is the first textbook that allows readers who may be unfamiliar with matrices to understand a variety of multivariate analysis procedures in matrix forms. By explaining which models underlie particular procedures and what objective function is...

This book introduces readers to the latest advances in and approaches to intuitionistic fuzzy decision-making methods. To do so, it explores a range of applications to practical decision-making problems, together with representative case studies...

This book provides an introduction to the models, methods, and results of some rescheduling problems in the presence of unexpected disruption events, including job unavailability, arrival of new jobs, and machine breakdown. The occurrence of these...

This book focuses on photography within the social research field, building a solid foundation for photography as a social research method and describing different techniques and applications of photo research. It provides a comprehensive approach to...

This book integrates the basic theories (GST and Parson's AGIL framework), applying them to the components of social systems, state-run and business firms. China's development experience offers a valuable case study that can provide readers deeper...

This book highlights the rise of the Strauss-Corbin-Gioia (SCG) methodology as an important paradigm in qualitative research in the social sciences, and demonstrates how the SCG methodology can be operationalized and enhanced using RQDA. It also provides...

This book presents various recently developed and traditional statistical techniques, which are increasingly being applied in social science research. The social sciences cover diverse phenomena arising in society, the economy and the environment, some...

This book is a valuable read for a diverse group of researchers and practitioners who analyze assessment data and construct test instruments. It focuses on the use of classical test theory (CTT) and item response theory (IRT), which are often required in...

This book presents the state of the art of biostatistical methods and their applications in clinical oncology. Many methodologies established today in biostatistics have been brought about through its applications to the design and analysis of oncology...

This book affirms the human dignity of the members of the LGBTQI as Children of God who should be fully accepted in the Catholic Church. It sociologically analyzes how institutional homophobia or fear of homosexuality and the traditional natural law...

Statistics, often described as the science of learning from data, is a field that has profoundly shaped the modern world. From the early days of probability theory to the contemporary advances in machine learning (ML), statisticians have played a pivotal...

The aims of this Introduction are to characterize the philosophy of science and technology, henceforth PS & T, to locate it on the map ofiearning, and to propose criteria for evaluating work in this field. 1. THE CHASM BETWEEN...

The Second International Conference on Foundations of Utility and Risk Theory was held in Venice, June 1984. This volume presents some of the papers delivered at FUR-84. (The First International Conference, FUR-82, was held in...

This collection of articles contains contributions from a few of Werner Leinfellner's many friends and colleagues. Some of them are former students of Werner's. Others were colleagues of his at various American and European...

Reduce Qualitative Data Analysis Time by Over Half: A Practical Guide to ChatGPT and Qualcoder.Qualitative research often involves time-consuming tasks like coding, theme generation, and interpreting complex narratives. These tasks can feel overwhelming...

Multi-Ethnic Metropolis is based on international comparative research on ethnic segre­ gation patterns and policy reactions at local and national level. The objective was to achieve a broader, European perspective. For the...

Exploring Risk Communication presents a systematic planning approach to risk communication. Risk communication is seen by many as an important tool for managing technological, environmental, and natural risks. The book's goal...

This is a volume on the concepts, theories, models and social consequences of creativity. It contains articles by well-known cognitive scientists, economists, mathematicians, philosophers and psychologists.

Northern Ireland's problems are rooted in physical and historical geography: small resource base, peripheral location, violent conquest, repression and ruthless emargination of the native population by the Protestant...

Without of course adopting a Platonic metaphysics, the eighteenth-century philosophes were Grecophiles who regarded the Athenian philosophers as their intellectual forbearers and mentors. So powerful was their identification...

In many contexts of everyday life we find ourselves faced with the problem of reconciling the views of several persons. These problems are usually solved by resorting to some opinion aggre­ gating procedure, like voting. Very...

This book provides readers with a greater understanding of a variety of statistical techniques along with the procedure to use the most popular statistical software package SPSS. It strengthens the intuitive understanding of the material, thereby...

"Cada artículo científico es como un hijo del investigador. La investigación, que es producto de días, meses o años de labor llega por medio del "paper" a uno de sus destinos finales, el artículo científico. ¿Cómo mostrar este nuevo ser para que los...

Mobbing kann negative Konsequenzen mit sich bringen, die sich nicht nur über den Zeitraum des Geschehens erstrecken. Der Forschungsstand zeigt, dass für alle Beteiligten im Mobbingkreis Langzeitfolgen entstehen können. Die Langzeitfolgen des Mobbings...

Die Critical Incident Technique (CIT) ist eine Methode, mit der situative Bedingungen kritischer Ereignisse und das Handeln der darin involvierten Personen aufgedeckt werden können. Durch die Fokussierung kritischer Ereignisse lassen sich detaillierte...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Methodologie und Methoden, Note: 2,5, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Universität), Veranstaltung: Kolloquium Methoden, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Methodologie und Methoden, Note: 1,0, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die Bedingungen für Frauen im...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Methodologie und Methoden, Note: 1,7, Universität Bielefeld (Soziologie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Sucht man im Internet nach 'Urlaub zu Dritt', dann kann man in etlichen Foren nachlesen,...

Akademische Arbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Methodologie und Methoden, Note: 1, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Durch die Verankerung der eigenen beruflichen Praxis im Berufsfeld der benachteiligten Jugendlichen im Ostalbkreis, ist die...

​Dieses Handbuch beinhaltet Beiträge zu Methodenforschung und -anwendung in der Politikwissenschaft, die von führenden Expertinnen und Experten im deutschsprachigen und internationalen Raum verfasst sind. Erstens wird dargestellt, welcher...

Die Beiträge des Sammelbandes befassen sich mit zentralen Themen der Kybernetik: Was ist Kybernetik überhaupt? Wie können wir sie nutzen und wo können wir sie einsetzen? Die Autoren zeigen, dass unser Digitalzeitalter von umfassenden technologischen...

By now, most academics have heard something about the new science of complexity. In a manner reminiscent of Einstein and the last hundred years of physics, complexity science has captured the public imagination. ® One can go to...