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Sourcebook of Paleolithic Transitions: Methods, Theories, and Interpre...
. Ed(S): Camps, Marta; Chauhan, Parth
paperback. This volume brings together an international group of leading researchers to discuss past, present and future research on the Paleolithic transitions. The result is a seminal book from both an anthropological as well as a theoretical viewpoint. Editor(s): Camps, Marta; Chauhan, Parth. Num Pages: 600 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1027.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461413691
- ISBN
- 9781461413691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.73
€ 70.73
paperback. This book describes the commonly used multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) models and the important methods needed for their practical application. It is the first book to give thorough coverage to this emerging area of psychometrics. Series: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461417149
- ISBN
- 9781461417149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 250.00
€ 250.00
paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Statistics. Num Pages: 150 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461421337
- ISBN
- 9781461421337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.55
€ 76.55
Social Issues in China: Gender, Ethnicity, Labor, and the Environment
. Ed(S): Hao, Zhidong; Chen, Sheying
hardcover. Since the start of economic reforms in 1978, the world's most populous nation has witnessed huge social change, including mass urbanization and ecological devastation. This study of gender, ethnicity, labor, and environment examines key modernization issues. Editor(s): Hao, Zhidong; Chen, Sheying. Series: International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice. Num Pages: 332 pages, 28 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 713.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461422235
- ISBN
- 9781461422235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.19
€ 69.19
hardcover. This book describes multivariate analyses for several indices commonly used in meta-analysis, outlines how to do power analysis for meta-analysis, and examines issues around research quality and research design and their roles in synthesis. Series: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461422778
- ISBN
- 9781461422778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
paperback. The arrival of the computer in educational and psychological testing has boosted the popularity of adaptive testing. This book covers key features of adaptive testing and shows how these features are used in the operations of several adaptive testing programs. Editor(s): Linden, Wim J. van der; Glas, Cees A. W. Series: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JMBT; JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461425533
- ISBN
- 9781461425533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 184.59
€ 184.59
paperback. This book focuses a unique panoramic lens on the study of adolescent development. It offers a clear blueprint for more consistently improved practice, emphasizing family process and structure instead of individual developmental stages. Series: Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN; JMC; JN; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461428091
- ISBN
- 9781461428091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 205.10
€ 205.10
Statistical Modeling of the National Assessment of Educational Progres...
Aitkin, Murray; Aitkin, Irit
paperback. This book details a fully integrated model that incorporates both the survey design and the psychometric model by extending the traditional psychometric model form to accommodate the design structure while allowing for student, teacher, and school covariates. Series: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences. Num Pages: 164 pages, 36 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461428220
- ISBN
- 9781461428220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Statistical Confidentiality: Principles and Practice
Duncan, George T.; Elliot, Mark; Salazar-Gonz...
paperback. For the benefit of those working with proprietary data, this volume embraces the responsibility for both protecting data and ensuring its beneficial use for statistical purposes. The text explores dilemma of data stewardship organizations (such as statistical agencies), identifies risks and provides techniques for statistical disclosure limitation. Series: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461428374
- ISBN
- 9781461428374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.13
€ 66.13
paperback. Does economics conform to the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics? This important and fascinating tour of these laws and their influence on natural, technological, and social evolution uses them to analyze economic growth in Germany, Japan and the USA. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 316 pages, 32 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; KCN; PHH; RNU; THRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461429197
- ISBN
- 9781461429197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Living Standards Analytics: Development through the Lens of Household ...
Haughton, Dominique; Haughton, Jonathan
paperback. This volume explores the analytical techniques involved with household survey data analysis. Policy problems motivate a discussion of relevant methods, while examples from the author's own work illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of the techniques discussed. Series: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences. Num Pages: 314 pages, 60 black & white tables, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461430001
- ISBN
- 9781461430001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
paperback. This single-volume handbook, covering the breadth of the field for the first time, presents a new framework for understanding the sociology of aging. It examines each element from three core perspectives: social phenomena, the life course, and social policy. Editor(s): Settersten, Richard; Angel, Jacqueline L. Series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Num Pages: 689 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP31; JHB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 689
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461440956
- ISBN
- 9781461440956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 166.74
€ 166.74
paperback. Informed by the latest developments, this volume adds a much-needed focus on direct methodology to the literature on control and systems theory. New material presented includes representation techniques for stochastic systems involving Levy processes. Series: Use R!. Num Pages: 365 pages, 99 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT; UFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461444749
- ISBN
- 9781461444749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.55
€ 117.55
hardcover. Offering practical tools for planning effective development programs, as well as methods for evaluating their success, this book benefits from the author's 12 years of experience and features workshop materials for students and in-service trainees. Num Pages: 186 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCP; KJVX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 479.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461447962
- ISBN
- 9781461447962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
paperback. Series: Springerbriefs in Anthropology. Num Pages: 122 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFMX; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 7. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461464914
- ISBN
- 9781461464914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.15
€ 94.15
hardcover. This book makes use of new conceptual and methodological tools to place gender at the forefront of research on the lives of immigrant families, investigating the impact of its interplay with parental roles, parent-child relationships and child outcomes. Editor(s): Chuang, Susan S.; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S. Series: Advances in Immigrant Family Research. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461467342
- ISBN
- 9781461467342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Complex Systems and Society: Modeling and Simulation
Bellomo, Nicola; Ajmone Marsan, Giulia; Tosin...
paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Mathematics. Num Pages: 102 pages, 12 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; PBUD; PBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461472414
- ISBN
- 9781461472414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.25
€ 75.25
hardcover. This book details the roles and applications of modeling approaches aimed at improving the usefulness of energy policy models in public decision making. It focuses on the development, validation, and applications of system dynamics and agent-based models. Editor(s): Qudrat-Ullah, Hassan. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHBC; KNB; PBUD; RNFY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461486053
- ISBN
- 9781461486053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63
New Developments in Quantitative Psychology: Presentations from the 77...
. Ed(S): Millsap, Roger E.; Ark, L. Andries V...
hardcover. Editor(s): Millsap, Roger E.; Ark, L. Andries van der; Bolt, Daniel M.; Woods, Carol M. Series: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics. Num Pages: 506 pages, 63 black & white illustrations, 44 colour illustrations, 30 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: JHBC; JMBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461493471
- ISBN
- 9781461493471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.09
€ 132.09
paperback. Editor(s): Fienberg, Stephen E.; Hoaglin, David C. Series: Springer Series in Statistics. Num Pages: 670 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JNKD; KCH; MBN; PBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1021.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Number of pages
- 670
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461499404
- ISBN
- 9781461499404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 197.80
€ 197.80
paperback. Originally published in hardcover by Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. in 2004. Series: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JMBT; JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475780987
- ISBN
- 9781475780987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.37
€ 127.37
paperback. This text explores issues confronting minority women of diverse sexual orientation whether they be lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual or questioning. The wide range of topics covered includes developmental, relational, political and legal concerns. Editor(s): Loue, Sana, JD, PhD, MSSA. Num Pages: 182 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JMG; JMU; MBN; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 291.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489982766
- ISBN
- 9781489982766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.83
€ 149.83
paperback. This book describes basic statistical principles from a point of view that makes their shortcomings intuitive and easy to understand. The emphasis is on verbal and graphical descriptions of concepts. The book includes a number of new advances and insights. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489984708
- ISBN
- 9781489984708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.83
€ 149.83
paperback. This book describes multivariate analyses for several indices commonly used in meta-analysis, outlines how to do power analysis for meta-analysis, and examines issues around research quality and research design and their roles in synthesis. Series: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489993656
- ISBN
- 9781489993656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.74
€ 65.74