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  • Self-Organization and Dissipative Structures

    Applications in the Physical and Social Sciences

    Edited by William C. Schieve, Peter M. Allen ...
    The contributions to this volume attempt to apply different aspects of Ilya Prigogine's Nobel-prize-winning work on dissipative structures to nonchemical systems as a way of linking the natural and social sciences. They address both the mathematical methods for description of pattern and form as they evolve in biological systems and the mechanisms of the evolution of social systems, containing ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

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    Making Sense Through Inquiry, Third Edition

    by Alan Sears, James Cairns ...
    This highly original and compelling book offers an introduction to the art and science of social inquiry, including the theoretical and methodological frameworks that support that inquiry. The new edition offers coverage of post-modernism and Indigenous ways of knowing, as well as a discussion of the research process and how to communicate arguments effectively. The result is a book that blends ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Borrowed Knowledge: Chaos Theory and the Challenge of Learning across Disciplines

    Chaos Theory and the Challenge of Learning across Disciplines

    by Stephen H. Kellert ...
    What happens to scientific knowledge when researchers outside the natural sciences bring elements of the latest trend across disciplinary boundaries for their own purposes? Researchers in fields from anthropology to family therapy and traffic planning employ the concepts, methods, and results of chaos theory to harness the disciplinary prestige of the natural sciences, to motivate methodological ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Interview Research in Political Science

    Edited by Maria Elayna Mosley ...
    Interviews are a frequent and important part of empirical research in political science, but graduate programs rarely offer discipline-specific training in selecting interviewees, conducting interviews, and using the data thus collected. Interview Research in Political Science addresses this vital need, offering hard-won advice for both graduate students and faculty members. The contributors to ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Science Dynamics and Research Production

    Indicators, Indexes, Statistical Laws and Mathematical Models

    by Nikolay K. Vitanov ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This book deals with methods to evaluate scientific productivity. In the book statistical methods, deterministic and stochastic models and numerous indexes are discussed that will help the reader to understand the nonlinear science dynamics and to be able to develop or construct systems for appropriate evaluation of research productivity and management of research groups and organizations. The ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Catching Stories

    A Practical Guide to Oral History

    by Donna M. DeBlasio, Charles F. Ganzert, David H. Mould, Stephen H. Paschen, Howard L. Sacks ...
    In neighborhoods, schools, community centers, and workplaces, people are using oral history to capture and collect the kinds of stories that the history books and the media tend to overlook: stories of personal struggle and hope, of war and peace, of family and friends, of beliefs, traditions, and values—the stories of our lives.Catching Stories: A Practical Guide to Oral History is a clear and ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Interviewing for Qualitative Inquiry

    A Relational Approach

    by Ruthellen Josselson, PhD ...
    Engagingly written, this book builds the reader's skills for conducting in-depth interviews designed to address a particular research question. With an emphasis on the dynamics of the research relationship, Ruthellen Josselson artfully demonstrates the steps of a successful interview. Each step is illustrated with excerpts from interviews on diverse topics. The book describes how to structure ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Ethnographies in Sport and Exercise Research

    Edited by Gyozo Molnar, Laura Purdy ...
    Ethnography has become an important method for researching and interpreting the social world, not least in the field of sport and exercise studies. Ethnographies in Sport and Exercise Research is the first book to provide a contemporary overview of the current state of ethnographic research and its application within sport and exercise, introducing and explaining a range of well-established and ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • The Project

    Developing a Career in Global Project Management

    by David Power ...
    It’s September 2009, one year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and Colin has just lost his job. Luckily, he is soon hired as a project manager in a big international investment bank, but quickly finds himself dealing with office politics, dodgy vendors, hostile project sponsors and the difficult task of managing across global time zones. Will his training and skills in project management ... Read more

    $10.00 USD

  • Excel 2010 for Social Science Statistics

    A Guide to Solving Practical Problems

    by Thomas J Quirk ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This is the first book to show the capabilities of Microsoft Excel to teach social science statistics effectively. It is a step-by-step exercise-driven guide for students and practitioners who need to master Excel to solve practical social science problems. If understanding statistics isn’t your strongest suit, you are not especially mathematically-inclined, or if you are wary of computers, this ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Evaluating Qualitative Research

    by Jeasik Cho ...
    Series series Understanding Qualitative Research
    Qualitative researchers read journal articles, serve on masters' and doctoral committees, make careful decisions on whether conference proposals, manuscripts, or large-scale grant applications should be accepted or rejected; yet, best practices on how to do this work thoroughly and efficiently have gained little attention over the last few decades. Evaluating Qualitative Research provides expert ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Wavelets in Neuroscience

    by Alexander E. Hramov, Alexey A. Koronovskii, Valeri A. Makarov, Alexey N. Pavlov, Evgenia Sitnikova ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book examines theoretical and applied aspects of wavelet analysis in neurophysics, describing in detail different practical applications of the wavelet theory in the areas of neurodynamics and neurophysiology and providing a review of fundamental work that has been carried out in these fields over the last decade.Chapters 1 and 2 introduce and review the relevant foundations of neurophysics ... Read more

    $49.49 USD