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The Social Sciences collection forms a definitive resource for those entering, researching, or teaching in any of the many disciplines making up this interdisciplinary area of study. Written by experts and researchers from both Academic and Commercial domains, titles offer global scope and perspectives.

Key subject areas include: Library and Information Science; Transportation; Urban Studies; Geography, Planning, and Development; Security; Emergency Management.

  • Statistical Methods for Meta-Analysis

    • 1st Edition
    • Larry V. Hedges + 1 more
    • English
    The main purpose of this book is to address the statistical issues for integrating independent studies. There exist a number of papers and books that discuss the mechanics of collecting, coding, and preparing data for a meta-analysis , and we do not deal with these. Because this book concerns methodology, the content necessarily is statistical, and at times mathematical. In order to make the material accessible to a wider audience, we have not provided proofs in the text. Where proofs are given, they are placed as commentary at the end of a chapter. These can be omitted at the discretion of the reader.Throughout the book we describe computational procedures whenever required. Many computations can be completed on a hand calculator, whereas some require the use of a standard statistical package such as SAS, SPSS, or BMD. Readers with experience using a statistical package or who conduct analyses such as multiple regression or analysis of variance should be able to carry out the analyses described with the aid of a statistical package.

  • Nonparametric Methods

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 4
    • P. R. Krishnaiah
    • English

  • The Alarm Dealer's Guide

    • 1st Edition
    • John Sanger
    • English

  • Private Security and Police in America

    The Hallcrest Report
    • 1st Edition
    • William C. Cunningham + 1 more
    • English

  • Research in Organizational Behavior

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 6
    • B. Staw
    • English

  • Time Series in the Frequency Domain

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 3
    • P. R. Krishnaiah
    • English

  • Transparency Master for Criminal Justice

    • 1st Edition
    • James A. Inciardi
    • English

  • Analysis of Variance

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 1
    • P. R. Krishnaiah
    • English

  • Criminal Justice

    • 1st Edition
    • James A. Inciardi
    • English

  • Study Guide and Supplementary Readings for Criminal Justice

    • 1st Edition
    • James A. Inciardi
    • English

  • Recidivism

    • 1st Edition
    • Michael D. Maltz
    • Peter H. Rossi
    • English

  • Corporate Fraud

    The Basics of Prevention and Detection
    • 1st Edition
    • Jack Bologna
    • English

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 16
    • English

  • Acoustic Communication in Birds

    Production, Perception and Design Features of Sounds
    • 1st Edition
    • Kroodsma
    • English
    Acoustic Communication in Birds, Volume 1: Production, Perception, and Design Features of Sounds presents the scientific study of bird vocalizations. This book discusses the relations between the physical structure of bird vocalization and their quality as perceived by the recipient. Organized into nine chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the first sound recording of bird sound. This text then outlines some of the complex processes and events between sound production and behavior response to sound. Other chapters consider the study of neural control of vocalizations in birds. This book discusses as well the acoustic information transmitted through the wide range of habitats plays a crucial role in different avian behaviors, including individual and species recognition, territorial defense, mate selection, and song learning. The final chapter deals with a more detailed functional interpretation of a particular sound. This book is a valuable resource for ornithologists, ethologists, and research workers.

  • Classification Pattern Recognition and Reduction of Dimensionality

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2
    • P. R. Krishnaiah
    • English

  • Forensic Medicine for Lawyers

    • 2nd Edition
    • J. K. Mason
    • English

  • Forensic Medicine for Lawyers

    • 2nd Edition
    • J. K. Mason
    • English

  • Introductory Dynamical Oceanography

    • 2nd Edition
    • Stephen Pond + 1 more
    • English
    'Introductory Dynamical Oceanography' 2nd ed provides an introduction to Dynamical Physical Oceanography at a level suitable for senior year undergraduate students in the sciences and for graduate students entering oceanography. It aims to present the basic objectives, procedures and successes and to state some of the present limitations of dynamical oceanography and its relations to descriptive physical oceanography. The first edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and the new work includes reference to the Practical Salinity Scale 1978, the International Equation of State 1980 and the beta-spiral technique for calculating absolute currents from the density distribution. In addition the description of mixed-layer models has been updated and the chapters on Waves and on Tides have been substantially revised and enlarged, with emphasis on internal waves in the Waves chapter. While the text is self-contained readers are recommended to acquaint themselves with the general aspects of descriptive (synoptic) oceanography in order to be aware of the character of the ocean which the dynamical oceanographer is attempting to explain by referring to Pickard and Emery's 'Descriptive Physical Oceanography' 4th edition.

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 15
    • English

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 14
    • English

  • Studies in Transitivity

    Syntax and Semantics
    • 1st Edition
    • Paul J. Hopper + 1 more
    • English
    Syntax and Semantics, Volume 15: Studies in Transitivity provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of the study of transitivity. This book discusses how to present events and situations with respect to their participants, and the grammatical consequences of such decisions. Organized into 21 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the grammar and pragmatics of actions and their participants. This text then examines one aspect of the syntactic resolution of clause-internal coreference. Other chapters consider that clauses with more highly transitive components are more likely to be coded as transitive than those with fewer transitive components. This book discusses as well the assumption that French causative sentences may receive either an active or a passive interpretation. The final chapter deals with two types of two-argument sentences in Japanese. This book is a valuable resource for linguists and scholars pursuing questions of discourse, language topology, universal grammar, semantics, and grammatical description and theory.

  • The Cognitive Representation of Speech

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 7
    • T. Myers + 2 more
    • English
    The 32 main papers, taken together, provide a comprehensive review of speech research by scientists who have made leading contributions to our understanding of the topics discussed. The papers are assembled within a coherent, problem-oriented structure.

  • Supervisory Techniques for the Security Professional

    • 1st Edition
    • John A. Wanat + 2 more
    • English

  • Security Supervision

    A Handbook for Supervisors and Managers
    • 1st Edition
    • Eugene D. Finneran
    • English

  • Bank Security

    • 1st Edition
    • R.E. Anderson
    • English

  • Models in Quantitative Criminology

    • 1st Edition
    • James Alan Fox
    • English

  • No Access to Law

    Alternatives to the American Judicial System
    • 1st Edition
    • Laura Nader
    • English

  • Discourse and Syntax

    Syntax and Semantics
    • 1st Edition
    • Talmy Givón
    • English
    Syntax and Semantics, Volume 12: Discourse and Syntax provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of the study of the syntax of isolated sentences. This book discusses the relationship between the discourse notion topic and the syntactic notion subject. Organized into five parts encompassing 20 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the discourse-function definition of so-called movement transformations. This text then presents the argument against the existence of an independent structural level called syntax as far as it can go, suggesting that all syntactic behavior within a given range of data can be predicted from functional considerations. Other chapters consider syntax as a mode of the automatic processing of speech. This book discusses as well the integration of the speaker's goals with communicative strategies in the structure and flow of personal narratives. The final chapter deals with discourse-pragmatic governance of so-called syntactic phenomena. This book is a valuable resource for linguists.

  • Statistical Methods for Social Scientists

    • 1st Edition
    • Eric A. Hanushek + 1 more
    • Peter H. Rossi
    • English
    The aspects of this text which we believe are novel, at least in degree, include: an effort to motivate different sections with practical examples and an empirical orientation; an effort to intersperse several easily motivated examples throughout the book and to maintain some continuity in these examples; and the extensive use of Monte Carlo simulations to demonstrate particular aspects of the problems and estimators being considered. In terms of material being presented, the unique aspects include the first chapter which attempts to address the use of empirical methods in the social sciences, the seventh chapter which considers models with discrete dependent variables and unobserved variables. Clearly these last two topics in particular are quite advanced--more advanced than material that is currently available on the subject. These last two topics are also currently experiencing rapid development and are not adequately described in most other texts.

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 13
    • English

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22
    • English

  • Basic Spanish for Elementary Teachers

    • 1st Edition
    • M. R. Seymann
    • English
    A manual to provide elementary teachers of Spanish-speaking students with a knowledge of the Spanish language so that they may be able to function better in the classroom

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 12
    • English

  • Protein Crystallography

    • 1st Edition
    • T. L. Blundell + 1 more
    • English

  • Japanese Generative Grammar

    Syntax and Semantics
    • 1st Edition
    • Masayoshi Shibatani
    • English
    Syntax and Semantics, Volume 5: Japanese Generative Grammar focuses on the systematic application of the theory of generative grammar to the Japanese language. The phenomenon of reflexivization and its relationship to grammatical constructions, and how various grammatical constructions are systematically related to each other, are examined. The theoretical aspects of various grammatical structures of the Japanese language are also discussed. Comprised of 12 chapters, this volume begins with an introduction to the concept of subject in grammar, followed by an analysis of subject raising as a syntactic device in Japanese and other subject–object–verb (SOV) languages. Subsequent chapters explore the syntax and semantics of Japanese reflexivization, passivization, and causativization, along with relativization, complementation, and negation. Tense, aspect, and modality are also considered, along with the semantics of nominal compounds. The book concludes with an assessment of honorification as a salient feature of the Japanese language and the grammatical system of honorifics. This monograph will be of interest to grammarians and linguists.

  • Notes from the Linguistic Underground

    Syntax and Semantics
    • 1st Edition
    • James D. McCawley
    • English
    Syntax and Semantics, Volume 7: Notes from the Linguistic Underground is a collection of articles that were written in the 1960s, which has never before appeared in a regular, English language publication. The papers contained in this compendium provide the history and information on the development of transformational grammar and generative semantics. The book presents articles that discuss topics on reflexivization, transformations, past tense replacement and the modal system, and pro-sentential forms and their implications for English sentence structure. Papers that tackle syntactic orientation, some constraints on pronominalization, discourse referents, and the verb-object agreement rule and the wh-movement rule in Hungarian are likewise included. Linguists and linguistic historians will find the book invaluable.

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 11
    • English

  • ADVANCES IN CANCER RESEARCH, VOLUME 21

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 21
    • English

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 10
    • English

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 9
    • English

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 8
    • English

  • ADVANCES IN CANCER RESEARCH, VOLUME 16

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 16
    • English

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 7
    • English

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 6
    • English

  • The Enzymes

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 5
    • English

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 4
    • English

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 3
    • English

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 1
    • English

  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 2
    • English

  • Advances in Food Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 18
    • English

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