Research Design Explained

Mitchell, Mark

Jolley, Janina

Harcourt School

Takeovers, Restructuring, and Corporate Governance

Business & Money

Mulherin, J. Harold

Weston, Fred J.

Finance

PRENTICE/HALL

The excitement of scientific discovery and the practical advice needed to read, conduct, and write up ethical research converge in this easy-to-grasp, student-oriented guide to research concepts and methods in psychology. Completely revised and rewritten, the third edition puts research design into a practical context that teaches students how to use theory. Students learn to think like a research psychologist as they appreciate the relevance of science to psychology and the logic behind the process of research designs. Features: * Organization around four principles - internal validity, external validity, construct validity, and ethics - unifies the chapters and helps students retain what they learn. * Survey methods are treated in a separate chapter (Chapter 13) with the understanding that this is the research method most students will encounter in real life. * Entire chapters are devoted to tasks students often find difficult, such as generating research ideas (Chapter 2) and reading research (Chapter 10). * Chapter 14 on writing proposals and articles includes material on the updated APA style and a model student paper, making it unnecessary to assign a separate APA handbook. * Summary tables are used frequently to reinforce main points. New to this edition: * Shorter chapters allow students to master new material thoroughly before moving to a new concept. * Greater flexibility is built into the design of chapters - by having self-contained modules that can be taught in different orders to suit the instructor. * Revised and reorganized material in every chapter sharpens the focus on critical thinking, including concepts such as reliability and viability, psychological testing, factor analyses, and types of errors. * New chapter 4 focuses on decisions involved in choosing a measure. * Enhanced design of figures and tables makes them an even more valuable learning aid. * Glossary at the end of each chapter organizes terms so students can more easily see how ideas are inter-related. * Information on computerized searches is included as a new appendix. Appendices also include new material on conducting the study and on field experiments.

Reference

Harcourt College Pub.

The excitement of scientific discovery and the practical advice needed to read, conduct, and write up ethical research converge in this easy-to-grasp, student-oriented guide to research concepts and methods in psychology. Completely revised and rewritten, the third edition puts research design into a practical context that teaches students how to use theory. Students learn to think like a research psychologist as they appreciate the relevance of science to psychology and the logic behind the process of research designs. Features: * Organization around four principles - internal validity, external validity, construct validity, and ethics - unifies the chapters and helps students retain what they learn. * Survey methods are treated in a separate chapter (Chapter 13) with the understanding that this is the research method most students will encounter in real life. * Entire chapters are devoted to tasks students often find difficult, such as generating research ideas (Chapter 2) and reading research (Chapter 10). * Chapter 14 on writing proposals and articles includes material on the updated APA style and a model student paper, making it unnecessary to assign a separate APA handbook. * Summary tables are used frequently to reinforce main points. New to this edition: * Shorter chapters allow students to master new material thoroughly before moving to a new concept. * Greater flexibility is built into the design of chapters - by having self-contained modules that can be taught in different orders to suit the instructor. * Revised and reorganized material in every chapter sharpens the focus on critical thinking, including concepts such as reliability and viability, psychological testing, factor analyses, and types of errors. * New chapter 4 focuses on decisions involved in choosing a measure. * Enhanced design of figures and tables makes them an even more valuable learning aid. * Glossary at the end of each chapter organizes terms so students can more easily see how ideas are inter-related. * Information on computerized searches is included as a new appendix. Appendices also include new material on conducting the study and on field experiments.

Medical Books

Psychology

Harcourt College Publishers

Virtuosi A Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great Pianists Mark Mitchell
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"...a literary work of real élan, vibrancy, and grace―the very qualities that in his view define the virtuoso. [Mr. Mitchell explores] the traditional linking of musical and sexual virtuosity, the ethical implications of the original instruments’ movement, the near deification of Mozart in Anglo-Saxon culture, and, in a particularly witty section, the relationship of the virtuoso to his stool. Throughout, Mr. Mitchell's prose is humorous, intimate, and unapologeticaly polemical." ―Cynthia Ozick
The artistic merit of performers with superior technique has long been almost ipso facto denied. At last, Mark Mitchell launches a counterattack. In essays crackling with pianistic lore, Mitchell takes on topics such as encores, prodigies, competitions, virtuosi in film and literature, and the erotics of musical performance. Liszt, Horowitz, and Argerich share these pages with the eccentric Pachmann, Ervin Nyiregyh ("the skid-row pianist"), and Liberace. The illustrations include rare portraits of long-forgotten girl prodigies, historic concert programs, and stills from a lost 1927 film on Beethoven. Punctuating this celebration of personal voice are vignettes, running from the beginnings of the author's obsession with the piano to the particularities of concert-going in Italy (where he now lives).
Mark Mitchell's piano studies led to a friendship with Vladimir Horowitz and other pianistic luminaries. With David Leavitt he co-authored Italian Pleasures and co-edited Pages Passed from Hand to Hand. He also edited The Penguin Book of International Gay Writing.

Virtuosi: A Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great Pianists

Arts & Photography

Music

Indiana University Press

Annie and Laura must combat two Egyptian mummies, remnants of an ancient cabal of witches, who are raising hell, and hundreds of rats, at a midwestern university. Original. TV tie-in.

The TALE OF THE EGYPTIAN MUMMIES ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK 20

Children's Books

Mysteries & Detectives

Aladdin

Advanced Linux Programming is divided into two parts. The first covers generic UNIX system services, but with a particular eye towards Linux specific information. This portion of the book will be of use even to advanced programmers who have worked with other Linux systems since it will cover Linux specific details and differences. For programmers without UNIX experience, it will be even more valuable. The second section covers material that is entirely Linux specific. These are truly advanced topics, and are the techniques that the gurus use to build great applications. While this book will focus mostly on the Application Programming Interface (API) provided by the Linux kernel and the C library, a preliminary introduction to the development tools available will allow all who purchase the book to make immediate use of Linux.

Advanced Linux Programming

Computers & Technology

Samuel, Alex

CodeSourcery LLC

Oldham, Jeffrey

Operating Systems

Sams Publishing

Motorcycles built by the Milwaukee-based company from its inception in 1903 until the suspension of civilian manufacturing at the outbreak of World War II are the most prized bikes among motorcycle collectors. Color photography of restored models features such classics as early singles and twins, World War I military models, racers, Flatheads and Knuckleheads. These early Harley-Davidsons also inform the inspiration for many of the aesthetic touches, including paint schemes and logos, on Harley-Davidson's modern offerings. Included in this history is a remarkable, never-before-published prototype drawing from 1901.

Classic Harley-Davidson 1903-1941 (Enthusiast Color Series)

Engineering & Transportation

Wagner, Herbert

Automotive

Motorbooks Intl

Harley-Davidson combines three Enthusiast Color Series titles: Classic Harley-Davidson (1903-1941) by Herbert Wagner and Mark Mitchell, Harley-Davidson Customs by Tim Remus, and Harley-Davidson Motorcycles by Allan Girdler and Jeff Hackett in one value-priced book. Glide through the exciting and colorful look at Harley-Davidson's early motorcycles and history, from the company's inception in 1903 through the suspension of civilian manufacturing just prior to America's entry into World War II in Harley-Davidson Classics. Harley-Davidson Customs depicts rolling works of art that are fire-breathing customs with high-performance engines professionally photographed at the Daytona and Sturgis rallies. Harley-Davidson Motorcycles is a colorful volume that not only tells the history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, but also features the legendary motorcycles that made the company an American legend.

Harley-Davidson (Enthusiast Color)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Crestline Books

Volume I of the Chronicles of the House of Chax**** Pell is a farm boy with great dreams. He wishes to be a hero, a knight in shining armor. Instead, as punishment for his pride, he must serve as a fool to the king and princess. Only through the clever help of the True Knight, Sir Antigon, is he able to trick the king into knighting him. But alas, his trickery costs him dearly! On his first day of knighthood, Pell is dreadfully wounded by the dragon, Rog. Only because his heart is like Sir Antigon's is he able to overcome his physical hardship. But how can he kill the invincible dragon, which all true knights must? And, even if he can fulfill the first requirement, how will he survive the treachery of the other knights?

The Curious Knighthood of Sir Pellimore

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Royal Fireworks Pr

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