Browsing by Subject "Social sciences"

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    • An invitation to social research : how it’s done 

      Adler, Emily Stier; Clark, Roger (Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2011)

    • Architecture and the social sciences : inter- and multidisciplinary approaches between society and space 

      Mendes, Maria Manuela; Sá, Teresa; Cabral, João (Springer, 2017)
      This book contributes to current debates on the relationship between architecture and the social sciences, highlighting current interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teaching as well as research and practice in architecture ...

    • Basic statistics for business & economics 

      Lind, Douglas A.; Marchal, William G.; Wathen, Samuel Adam (McGraw-Hill, 2019)
      This book is a step-by-step approach that enhances student performance, accelerates preparedness and improves motivation for the student taking a business statistics course. The main objective of the text is to provide ...

    • Basic statistics for business & economics 

      Lind, Douglas A.; Marchal, William G.; Wathen, Samuel A. (McGraw-Hill, 2022)
      This book provides students majoring in management, marketing, finance, accounting, economics, and other fields of business administration with an introductory survey of descriptive and inferential statistics. Many examples ...

    • Data analysis using SAS Enterprise guide 

      Meyers, Lawrence S.; Gamst, Glenn; Guarino, A. J. (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
      This book presents the basic procedures for using SAS Enterprise Guide to analyse statistical data.

    • Data collection : planning for and collecting all types of data 

      Phillips, Patricia Pulliam; Stawarski, Cathy A. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008)
      This book is the second of six books in the Measurement and Evaluation Series from Pfeiffer. The proven ROI Methodology--developed by the ROI Institute--provides a practical system for evaluation planning, data collection, ...

    • Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics 

      Field, Andy (SAGE Publications, 2018)
      The 5th edition takes students from initial theory to regression, factor analysis, and multilevel modeling, fully incorporating IBM SPSS Statistics(c) version 25 and fascinating examples throughout.

    • Discovering statistics using R 

      Field, Andy; Miles, Jeremy; Field, Zoë (SAGE Publications, 2012)
      The R version of Andy Field's hugely popular Discovering Statistics Using SPSS takes students on a journey of statistical discovery using the freeware R. Like its sister textbook, Discovering Statistics Using R is written ...

    • Doing a literature review : releasing the social science research imagination 

      Hart, Chris (Sage Publications, 1998)

    • Doing your literature review : traditional and systematic techniques 

      Jesson, Jill; Matheson, Lydia; Lacey, Fiona M. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011)
      The literature review is a compulsory part of research and, increasingly, may form the whole of a student research project. This highly accessible book guides students through the production of either a traditional or a ...

    • Essentials of statistics for business and economics 

      Anderson, David R.; Sweeney, Dennis J.; Williams, Thomas A. (Thomson South-Western, 2011)
      This book introduces sound statistical methodology to students with real-world examples, proven approaches, and hands-on exercises that build the foundation they need to analyze and solve business problems quantitatively. ...

    • Essentials of statistics for business and economics 

      Anderson, David R.; Sweeney, Dennis J.; Williams, Thomas A. (Cengage Learning, 2020)
      This book connects concepts in each chapter to real-world practice. This edition delivers sound statistical methodology, a proven problem-scenario approach and meaningful applications that reflect the latest developments ...

    • Essentials of statistics for the behavioral sciences 

      Gravetter, Frederick J; Wallnau, Larry B.; Forzano, Lori-Ann B.; Witnauer, James E. (Cengage Learning, 2021)
      Statistics is one of the most practical and essential courses that you will take, and a primary goal of this popular text is to make the task of learning statistics as simple as possible. Straightforward instruction, ...

    • Finite mathematics for business, economics, life sciences, and social sciences 

      Barnett, Raymond A.; Ziegler, Michael R.; Byleen, Karl E.; Stocker, Christopher J. (Pearson, 2019)
      This book offers more built-in guidance than any other text available - with special emphasis on prerequisites skills - and a host of student-friendly features to help students catch up or learn on their own. The text's ...

    • Handbook of data analysis 

      Hardy, Melissa A.; Bryman, Alan (SAGE Publications, 2009)
      "The book provides researchers with guidance in, and examples of, both quantitative and qualitative modes of analysis, written by leading practitioners in the field. The editors give a persuasive account of the commonalities ...

    • Innovations and social media analytics in a digital society 

      Sousa, Maria José (editor); Marques, Célio Gonçalo (editor) (CRC Press, 2022)
      "The recent trends of digitalization of society is transforming the all the sectors of activity, namely, healthcare, education, tourism, Information technology, and others. Social media analytics are tools that can be used ...

    • Mining social media : finding stories in Internet data 

      Vo, Lam Thuy (No Starch Press, Inc., 2020)
      "A guide to mining and analyzing data from social media websites. Combines both practical exercises and conceptual lessons on topics like writing a script to tap into an API and making sense of emoji usage in collected ...

    • Modern statistics for the social and behavioral sciences : a practical introduction 

      Wilcox, Rand R. (CRC Press, 2017)
      This book provides a two-semester, graduate-level introduction to basic statistical techniques that takes into account recent advances and insights that are typically ignored in an introductory course. Hundreds of journal ...

    • Multivariate analysis for the behavioral sciences 

      Vehkalahti, Kimmo; Everitt, Brian S. (CRC Press, 2019)
      This book, 2nd edition is designed to show how a variety of statistical methods can be used to analyse data collected by psychologists and other behavioral scientists. Assuming some familiarity with introductory statistics, ...

    • Principles of social research 

      Green, Judith (editor); Browne, John (editor) (Open University Press, 2006)
      This book introduces some of the principles of social research as applied to public health. It is aimed at those with some understanding of health and health care but little exposure to social research. It introduces some ...