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  • Emotional and Ethical Challenges for Field Research in Africa

    The Story Behind the Findings

    Edited by S. Thomson, A. Ansoms, J. Murison ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Academic literature rarely gives an account of the ethical challenges and emotional pitfalls the researcher is confronted with before, during and after being in the field. Giving personal accounts, the authors explore some of the challenges one can face when engaging in local-level research in difficult situations. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Multidimensional Item Response Theory

    by M.D. Reckase ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    Multidimensional Item Response Theory is the first book to give thorough coverage to this emerging area of psychometrics. The book describes the commonly used multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) models and the important methods needed for their practical application. These methods include ways to determine the number of dimensions required to adequately model data, procedures for ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Development of Quality of Life Theory and Its Instruments

    The Selected Works of Alex. C. Michalos

    by Alex C. Michalos ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The focus of this volume is on the further development of the Quality of Life Theory and the means to measure the concept. The volume summarizes Michalos’ fundamental assumptions about the nature of quality of life or human well-being and explains in detail the two variable theory of the quality of life. It gives an update of the journal Social Indicators Research after forty years, an explanation ... Read more

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  • Envisioning Criminology

    Researchers on Research as a Process of Discovery

    Edited by Michael D. Maltz, Stephen K. Rice ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book covers research design and methodology from a unique and engaging point of view, based on accounts from influential researchers across the field of Criminology and Criminal Justice.Most books and articles about research in criminology and criminal justice focus on how the research was carried out: the data that were used, the methods that were applied, the results that were achieved. ... Read more

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  • Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of University Systems

    Edited by Massimo Attanasio, Vincenza Capursi ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents a collection of statistical methods and procedures to assess data coming from educational systems. The topics examined include: statistical methods for constructing composite indicators, applied measurements, assessment of educational systems, measurement of the performance of the students at Italian universities, and statistical modeling for questionnaire data. Other issues are ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Reflexivity in Criminological Research

    Experiences with the Powerful and the Powerless

    by Aaron Winter ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This comprehensive collection contributes to, advances and consolidates discussions of the range of research methods in criminology through the presentation of diverse international case studies in which contributors reflect upon their experiences with powerless and powerful individuals or groups. ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • System Dynamics Modeling with R

    by Jim Duggan ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This new interdisciplinary work presents system dynamics as a powerful approach to enable analysts build simulation models of social systems, with a view toward enhancing decision making. Grounded in the feedback perspective of complex systems, the book provides a practical introduction to system dynamics, and covers key concepts such as stocks, flows, and feedback. Societal challenges such as ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Spatial Data Analysis

    Models, Methods and Techniques

    by Jinfeng Wang, Manfred M. Fischer ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The availability of spatial databases and widespread use of geographic information systems has stimulated increasing interest in the analysis and modelling of spatial data. Spatial data analysis focuses on detecting patterns, and on exploring and modelling relationships between them in order to understand the processes responsible for their emergence. In this way, the role of space is emphasised , ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • National Security and International Environmental Cooperation in the Arctic — the Case of the Northern Sea Route

    Edited by Willy Østreng ...
    Series Book 16 - Environment & Policy
    The basic objective of this report is to place the debate about the future of the Northern Sea Route into the larger picture of Arctic politics and the emerging agenda of the Arctic as a developing region in international society. National security and international environmental cooperation, are the objects of study employed, both separately and in various conceptual combinations, to realize this ... Read more

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  • Determinants and Controls of Scientific Development

    Edited by K.D. Knorr, H. Strasser, H.G. Zilian ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book constitutes the outcome of an international conference held at the Otto-Mobes-Volkswirtschaftsschule, Graz-Stifting( Austria), from June 16 to 22, 1974. The conference was initiated by a project group working on determinants and controls of social science development at the In stitute for Advanced Studies and Scientific Research in Vienna and or ganized by the editors of this volume. It ... Read more

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  • Kalevi Holsti: A Pioneer in International Relations Theory, Foreign Policy Analysis, History of International Order, and Security Studies

    by Kalevi Holsti ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    In honour of Prof. Kalevi Holsti’s 80th birthday, this collection presents 15 of the renowned Political Scientist’s major essays and research projects. It also offers a collection of his writings and essays on theories of international relations, foreign policy analysis, security and the world order. These previously published works address issues that remain “hot topics” on the international ... Read more

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  • Ethical Decision Making in Social Research

    A Practical Guide

    by R. Iphofen ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This practical, user-friendly guide examines ethics in research. It helps researchers to manage ethical dilemmas that arise while research is being planned, conducted and reported and includes a unique 'ethical review checklist', as well as other useful features, to aid ethics in practice. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD