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  • Unreal Engine 5 for Beginners

    A step-by-step guide to building your first playable third-person game

    by Zhenyu George Li, Charles Shih-I Yeh, Michael Oakes ...
    Learn Unreal Engine 5 step by step with this beginner-friendly guide. Build a playable third-person game while working with Blueprints, AI, UI, cinematics, and packaging for real game projectsKey FeaturesLearn Unreal Engine 5 by building a complete third-person game step by stepDevelop gameplay systems using Blueprints without writing codeCreate levels, a player character, AI characters, UI, ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

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  • Multilingual Environmental Communications

    Language Accessibility Matters

    by Meng Ji, Michael Oakes ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Language Practices and Social Development
    Based on real-life case studies, this book provides an empirical study of the linguistic accessibility of environmental information for people from diverse language, cultural, and educational backgrounds. It deploys well-established statistical and machine learning models to evaluate the key linguistic features of environmental information dissemination, to both English and non-English-speaking ... Read more

    $106.59 USD

  • Bad Foods

    Changing Attitudes About What We Eat

    by Michael Oakes ...
    Bad Foods demonstrates how a variety of historical or political events and personalities have shaped our current views of good nutrition. On several occasions in American history concerns have arisen over the safety of our food supply (e.g., harmful ingredients in processed foods) and the potential that processing might deplete foods of their nutrients. These concerns help explain how food ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Advances in Empirical Translation Studies

    Developing Translation Resources and Technologies

    Edited by Meng Ji, Michael Oakes ...
    Empirical translation studies is a rapidly evolving research area. This volume, written by world-leading researchers, demonstrates the integration of two new research paradigms: socially-oriented and data driven approaches to empirical translation studies. These two models expand current translation studies and stimulate reader debates around how development of quantitative research methods and ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Corpus Methodologies Explained

    An empirical approach to translation studies

    Edited by Meng Ji, Michael Oakes, Li Defeng, Lidun Hareide ...
    Series series Routledge-WIAS Interdisciplinary Studies
    This book introduces the latest advances in Corpus-Based Translation Studies (CBTS), a thriving subfield of Translation Studies which forms an important part of both translator training and empirical translation research. Largely empirical and exploratory, a distinctive feature of CBTS is the development and exploration of quantitative linguistic data in search of useful patterns of variation and ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Methods in Social Epidemiology

    Edited by J. Michael Oakes, Jay S. Kaufman ...
    Series Book 16 - Public Health/Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    A thorough, practical reference on the social patterns behind health outcomesMethods in Social Epidemiology provides students and professionals with a comprehensive reference for studying the social distribution and social determinants of health. Covering the theory, models, and methods used to measure and analyze these phenomena, this book serves as both an introduction to the field and a ... Read more

    $93.00 USD

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    Applying Causal Inference in the Tech Industry

    by Matheus Facure ...
    How many buyers will an additional dollar of online marketing bring in? Which customers will only buy when given a discount coupon? How do you establish an optimal pricing strategy? The best way to determine how the levers at our disposal affect the business metrics we want to drive is through causal inference.In this book, author Matheus Facure, senior data scientist at Nubank, explains the ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Research Methods in Linguistics

    Edited by Robert J. Podesva, Devyani Sharma ...
    A comprehensive guide to conducting research projects in linguistics, this book provides a complete training in state-of-the-art data collection, processing, and analysis techniques. The book follows the structure of a research project, guiding the reader through the steps involved in collecting and processing data, and providing a solid foundation for linguistic analysis. All major research ... Read more

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  • Automated Evaluation of Text and Discourse with Coh-Metrix

    by Danielle S. McNamara, Arthur C. Graesser, Philip M. McCarthy, Zhiqiang Cai ...
    Coh-Metrix is among the broadest and most sophisticated automated textual assessment tools available today. Automated Evaluation of Text and Discourse with Coh-Metrix describes this computational tool, as well as the wide range of language and discourse measures it provides. Part I of the book focuses on the theoretical perspectives that led to the development of Coh-Metrix, its measures, and ... Read more

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  • Research Design

    Creating Robust Approaches for the Social Sciences

    by Stephen Gorard ...
    Research design is of critical importance in social research, despite its relative neglect in many methods resources. Early consideration of design in relation to research questions leads to the elimination or diminution of threats to eventual research claims, by encouraging internal validity and substantially reducing the number of alternative explanations for any finite number of research ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Causality in Policy Studies

    a Pluralist Toolbox

    Edited by Alessia Damonte, Fedra Negri ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume provides a methodological toolbox for conducting policy research. Recognizing that policy research spans various academic disciplines, each of which takes a different view on causality, the volume introduces a methodologically pluralistic approach to policy studies. Each chapter clarifies the research question that each technique can answer, the research design and data treatment that ... Read more

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  • Basic Research Strategies

    A Guidebook for Stressed Thesis and Dissertation Writers

    by Dr. L.D. Molina ScD MPH ...
    This guidebook uses a combination of pragmatism, humor, and original data to respond to knowledge gaps commonly experienced by students in non-traditional, accelerated, and online degree programs. Basic information useful for creating a thesis proposal and conducting an independent study is provided. Themes include: choosing a topic, data sources, IRB review, asking questions, stating hypotheses, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD