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The Usability Engineering Lifecycle: A Practitioner's Handbook for User Interface Design

The Usability Engineering Lifecycle: A Practitioner's Handbook for User Interface Design

by Deborah J. Mayhew

A commitment to usability in user interface design and development offers enormous benefits, including greater user productivity, more competitive products, lower support costs, and a more efficient development process. But what does it mean to be committed to usability? Inside, a twenty-year expert answers this question in full, presenting the techniques of Usability Engineering as a series of product lifecycle... (more)

Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

by Robert M. Emerson

In this companion volume John van Maanen's Tales of the Field , three scholars reveal how the ethnographer turns direct experience and observation into written fieldnotes upon which an ethnography is based. Drawing on years of teaching and field research experience, the authors develop a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice about how to write useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings, both... (more)

Fundamentals of Building Construction

by Edward Allen, Joseph Iano

Now in its Fourth Edition, Fundamentals of Building Construction is an essential textbook that has been used by thou-sands of students annually in schools of architecture, engineering, and construction technology. The best-selling reference focuses on the basic materials and methods used in building construction. Emphasizing common construction systems such as light wood frames, masonry bearing walls, steel... (more)

Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers

Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers

by Michael J. Gorman

Elements of Biblical Exegesis: A Basic Guide for Students and Ministers presents the essential elements of sound exegetical method in a succinct and incisive way. Designed for students, teachers, pastors, and others wishing to think and write about the Bible carefully, this brief hands-on guide incorporates insights from the field of biblical interpretation into its straightforward approach to the complex task of... (more)

Applied Social Research: A Tool for Human Services (with InfoTrac)

Applied Social Research: A Tool for Human Services (with InfoTrac)

by Duane R. Monette

"You may be wondering why you need to study research methods to prepare yourself for a career in human services." This accessible text will help you to better understand the connection between human service research and practice. Find out the growing number of ways that research is being applied to practice today. With APPLIED SOCIAL RESEARCH, you'll see how research and practice are linked and explore how... (more)

Dynamical Systems in Neuroscience: The Geometry of Excitability and Bursting (Computational Neuroscience)

Dynamical Systems in Neuroscience: The Geometry of Excitability and Bursting (Computational Neuroscience)

by Eugene M. Izhikevich

In order to model neuronal behavior or to interpret the results of modeling studies, neuroscientists must call upon methods of nonlinear dynamics. This book offers an introduction to nonlinear dynamical systems theory for researchers and graduate students in neuroscience. It also provides an overview of neuroscience for mathematicians who want to learn the basic facts of electrophysiology. Dynamical Systems... (more)

At the Bench: A Laboratory Navigator

by Kathy Barker

At the Bench is the unique and hugely successful handbook for living and working in the laboratory, an essential aid to understanding basic lab techniques and how research groups work at a human level. In this newly revised edition, chapters have been rewritten to accommodate the impact of computer technology and the Internet, not only on the acquisition and analysis of data, but also on its organization and... (more)

Numerical Methods

by Germund Dahlquist, A?ke Bjo?rck

"Substantial, detailed and rigorous ... readers for whom the book is intended are admirably served."-- MathSciNet (Mathematical Reviews on the Web), American Mathematical Society. Practical text strikes fine balance between students' requirements for theoretical treatment and needs of practitioners, with best methods for large- and small-scale computing. Prerequisites are minimal (calculus, linear algebra, and... (more)

Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences (6th Edition)

Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences (6th Edition)

by Bruce L. Berg

Hands-on activities and real-life examples provide students with a comprehensive and straightforward coverage of qualitative research. This text shows inexperienced researchers how to design, collect, and analyze data and then present their results to the scientific community. Also, this text stresses the importance of ethics in research and taking the time to properly design and think through any research... (more)

Research Methods in Social Work

by David D. Royse

This book shows students the connection between research and practice. It explains how research informs practice and how practice affects research and how the two together allow the worker to affect clients' lives and advance the profession. The book provides basic concepts of the research process and shows students how to understand their findings. The book introduces readers to the basic concepts of the research... (more)

Essential Research Methods for Social Work

Essential Research Methods for Social Work

by Allen Rubin

Master research methods with ESSENTIAL RESEARCH METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK! Student-friendly and clear, this social work text provides you with the tools you need to understand essential research methods content. Illustrations and examples throughout show you how you can apply research to practice. Studying is made easy with a book-specific website that provides you with tutorial quizzes and links to additional... (more)

Learner-directed Assessment in Esl

This text integrates the theory and practice of learner-based assessment. Written in response to two recent movements in language teaching--learner-centered teaching and a renewed interest in authenticity in language testing--it examines the relationship between the language learner and language assessment processes, and promotes approaches to assessment that involve the learner in the testing process. Particular... (more)

Lifespan Development of Human Memory

Until recently, the vast majority of memory research used only university students and other young adults as subjects. Although such research successfully introduced new methodologies and theoretical concepts, it created a bias in our understanding of the lifespan development of memory. This book signals a departure from young-adult-centered research. It views the lifespan development of memory as a continuous... (more)

Strategies for Empirical Research in Writing

Strategies for Empirical Research in Writing

by Mary Sue MacNealy

Strategies for Empirical Research in Writing is a particularly accessible approach to both qualitative and quantitative empirical research methods, helping novices appreciate the value of empirical research in writing while easing their fears about the research process. This comprehensive book covers research methods ranging from traditional experiments to newer practices such as focus groups, using graphics... (more)

Multidisciplinary Methods in Educational Technology Research and Development

Multidisciplinary Methods in Educational Technology Research and Development

by Justus J. Randolph

Innovative Outsourcing Solutions for Architects & Engineers

by PM Anavaratham

The equilibrium manifold : postmodern developments in the theory of general economic equilibrium

The equilibrium manifold : postmodern developments in the theory of general economic equilibrium

by Yves Balasko

In The Equilibrium Manifold, noted economic scholar and major contributor to the theory of general equilibrium Yves Balasko argues that, contrary to what many textbooks want readers to believe, the study of the general equilibrium model did not end with the existence and welfare theorems of the 1950s. These developments, which characterize the modern phase of the theory of general equilibrium, led to what... (more)

Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice, Fourth Edition

Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice, Fourth Edition

by Colin Renfrew, Mark Dion

The best-selling textbook on what archaeologists do and how they do it—completely revised and redesigned. For the Fourth Edition, new theoretical approaches, such as agency, materiality, and engagement theory, are added and earlier approaches analyzed afresh. Field methods and scientific techniques have been updated throughout, and new emphasis is placed on climate change and its impact on human affairs. The... (more)

The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods

The Philosopher's Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods

by Julian Baggini

The Philosophers' Toolkit provides all the intellectual equipment necessary to engage with and participate in philosophical argument, reading and reflection. Each of its 87 entries explains how to use an important concept or argumentative technique accurately and effectively.

Semi-Supervised Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning)

Semi-Supervised Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning)

In the field of machine learning, semi-supervised learning (SSL) occupies the middle ground, between supervised learning (in which all training examples are labeled) and unsupervised learning (in which no label data are given). Interest in SSL has increased in recent years, particularly because of application domains in which unlabeled data are plentiful, such as images, text, and bioinformatics. This first... (more)

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