error and inference recent exchanges on experimental

Error and Inference: Recent Exchanges on Experimental

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mayo, Deborah G. / Spanos, Aris, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Although both philosophers ong>andong> scientists are interested in how to obtain reliable knowledge in the face of ong>errorong>, there is a gap between their perspectives that has been an obstacle to progress. By means of a series of ong>exchangesong> between the editors ong>andong> leaders from philosophy of science, statistics, ong>andong> economics, this volume offers a cumulative introduction connecting problems of traditional philosophy of science to problems of ong>inferenceong> in statistical ong>andong> empirical modeling practice. Philosophers of science ong>andong> scientific practitioners are challenged to reevaluate the assumptions of their own theories - philosophical or methodological. Practitioners may better appreciate the foundational issues around which their questions revolve ong>andong> thereby become better "applied philosophers." Conversely, new avenues emerge for finally solving recalcitrant philosophical problems of induction, explanation, ong>andong> theory testing.

Biostatistics: Experimental Design and Statistical Inference

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Zolman, James F. / Zolman, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This textbook takes a unique approach to explaining ong>andong> demonstrating how to use ong>andong> interpret statistics for the physiological, medical, ong>andong> life sciences. The first third of the book presents an integrated overview ong>andong> introduction to experimental design ong>andong> statistical ong>inferenceong>. The rest of the book provides an extensively cross-referenced set of 100 brief critiques of sample case studies embodying all the most common statistical ong>errorong>s or design problems found in the biological literature. These specific cases are effective for teaching the principles of biostatistics. The examples are drawn primarily from biomedicine, yet the book is also valuable to psychologists, social scientists, environmental scientists, ecologists, ong>andong> any discipline employing statistics.

Statistical Inference - Based on the likelihood (by

Statistical ong>Inferenceong> - Based on the likelihood (by A.Azzalini). Year: . Hardcover - 343 pages. CHAPMAN&HALL/CRC. The book is written in ENGLISH.

Applied Statistics: A First Course in Inference

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Graybill, Franklin A. / Iyer, Hariharan K. / Burdick, Richard K., PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, The Graybill/lyer/Burdick author team have written a conceptual introduction to statistics that immediately introduces readers to statistical ong>inferenceong>. This algebra based book is not intended to be a compendium of every procedure in statistics, rather the focus is on a few basic ideas that form the foundation of statistical ong>inferenceong>. ong>Inferenceong> concepts are first introduced using a population proportion, a simple concept that appears frequently in familiar applications, ong>andong> are then extended to other parameters. Thinking statistically: self test problems with worked out solutions, Exploration Activities, ong>andong> the integration of Minitab commong>andong>s ong>andong> output are special features of the book.

Evolutionary Politics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schubert, Glendon A., JR., PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press, This synthesis of research into the behavior of humans ong>andong> other social animals ranges horizontally from a congruence of the perspectives of the life sciences, social sciences, ong>andong> physical sciences ong>andong> longitudinally from that of the most ong>recentong> 60 million years, but emphasizing the last 12 thousong>andong> years. From a political science perspective, these essays focus on both individual ong>andong> small-group political behavior. Schubert's work draws extensively on contemporary evolutionary theory, biosocial ong>andong> psychobiological theory, ethology ong>andong> primatology, behavioral ecology, experimental work in animal behavior, neurobiology, human development, ong>andong> the philosophy of both life ong>andong> social sciences. Introducing ong>andong> concluding the book are essays that discuss the implications of biology ong>andong> the life sciences for the study of political science. The others center on five topics: political ethology (naturalistic study of human behavior as animal behavior); political evolution; evolutionary theory; evolutionary development (ecological, epigenetic, ong>andong> ontogenetic); ong>andong> the evolution of human thinking.

New Essays on Uncle Tom's Cabin

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sundquist, Eric J. / Elliott, Emory, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Increased interest in the role of women ong>andong> minorities in establishing the canon of American literature has led to renewed interest in Uncle Tom's Cabin. The essays in this volume set out to provide contemporary readers with a critical ong>andong> historical interpretation of the novel that reflects the best of ong>recentong> scholarship. In his introduction Eric J. Sundquist attempts to show that Uncle Tom's Cabin boldly takes issue with both proslavery arguments ong>andong> prevailing prejudices among abolitionists, employing the forms of popular melodrama ong>andong> heated rhetoric to carry its complex argument. The individual essays examine the influence of Stowe's novel on the characterization of women in the American novel ong>andong> on later women writers, the role of women in the antislavery movement, the literary ong>exchangesong> between Stowe ong>andong> her contemporaries; Uncle Tom's Cabin ong>andong> the tradition of the Gothic novel, ong>andong> the characterizations of blacks in this novel ong>andong> in later works.

The Bodily Nature of Consciousness: Sartre and Contemporary

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wider, Kathleen V., PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press, In this work, Kathleen V. Wider discusses Jean-Paul Sartre's analysis of consciousness in Being ong>andong> Nothingness in light of ong>recentong> work by analytic philosophers, psychologists, ong>andong> neuroscientists. She brings together phenomenological ong>andong> scientific understong>andong>ings of the nature of consciousness ong>andong> argues that the two approaches can strengthen ong>andong> suppport each other. Work on consciousness from two very different philosophical traditions -- the continental ong>andong> analytic -- contributes to her explanation of the deep-seated intuition that all consciousness is self-consciousness. Belief in the reflexivity of consciousness, which reaches back at least as far as Rene Descartes, has come under increasing attack. Those who would undermine it cite ong>recentong> ong>andong> ongoing findings of experimental psychologists ong>andong> neuroscientists. Wider argues that the philosophical debate tends to proceed with little awareness of the extensive study of consciousness undertaken by continental philosophers during the first half of this century. With her clear explanations of both the Sartrean ong>andong> contemporary Anglo-American contributions, Wider provides an invaluable map for scholars on both sides, ong>andong> demonstrates how phenomenology ong>andong> science both enhance current understong>andong>ing ong>andong> explanation of the nature of consciousness.

Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology: A First

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sani, Fabio / Todman, John, PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing Professional, "Experimental Design ong>andong> Statistics for Psychology: A First Course" is a concise, straighforward ong>andong> accessible introduction to the design of psychology experiments ong>andong> the statistical tests used to make sense of their results. Makes abundant use of charts, diagrams ong>andong> figures. Assumes no prior knowledge of statistics. Invaluable to all psychology students needing a firm grasp of the basics, but tackling of some of the topic's more complex, controversial issues will also fire the imagination of more ambitious students. Covers different aspects of experimental design, including dependent versus independent variables, levels of treatment, experimental control, rong>andong>om versus systematic ong>errorong>s, ong>andong> within versus between subjects design. Provides detailed instructions on how to perform statistical tests with SPSS. Downloadable instructor resources to supplement ong>andong> support your lectures can be found at www.blackwellpublishing.com/sani ong>andong> include sample chapters, test questions, SPSS data sets, ong>andong> figures ong>andong> tables from the book.

Ion Beam Synthesis and Processing of Advanced Materials:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moss, S. C. / Heinig, K-H / Poker, D. B., PUBLISHER: Materials Research Society, The nonequilibrium processes associated with ion-solid interactions offer a great potential to synthesize ong>andong> modify advanced materials. ong>Recentong> progress in ion-beam synthesis ong>andong> processing has allowed the development of advanced materials with properties designed ong>andong> tailored specifically for their applications. The progress is assisted by an improved understong>andong>ing of basic physics ong>andong> chemistry. The design ong>andong> interpretation of experimental work is supported by modeling ong>andong> predictive simulations, both from the atomistic ong>andong> the nonequilibrium thermodynamics viewpoints. This volume focuses on those properties of advanced materials that are uniquely suited to modification ong>andong> improvement by ion beans, for example, electrical, optical, magnetic ong>andong> structural properties, surface hardness, ong>andong> nanofabrication.

Algorithmic Learning Theory - Alt '92: Third Workshop, Alt

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Doshita, Shuji / Furukawa, Koichi / Jantke, Klaus P., PUBLISHER: Springer, This volume contains the papers that were presented at the Third Workshop onAlgorithmic Learning Theory, held in Tokyo in October . In addition to 3invited papers, the volume contains 19 papers accepted for presentation, selected from 29 submitted extended abstracts. The ALT workshops have been held annually since ong>andong> are organized ong>andong> sponsored by the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence. The main objective of these workshops is to provide an open forum for discussions ong>andong> ong>exchangesong> of ideasbetween researchers from various backgrounds in this emerging, interdisciplinary field of learning theory. The volume is organized into parts on learning via query, neural networks, inductive ong>inferenceong>, analogical reasoning, ong>andong> approximate learning.

Experimental Cinema, the Film Reader

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dixon, Wheeler / Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey, PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Experimental Cinema, The Film Reader" brings together key writings on American avant-garde cinema to explore the long tradition of underground filmmaking from its origins in the s to the work of contemporary film ong>andong> video artists. The "Reader" traces the development of major movements such as the New American Cinema of the s ong>andong> the Structuralist films of the s, examining the work of key practitioners ong>andong> recovering neglected filmmakers. Contributors focus on the ways in which underground films have explored issues of gender, sexuality ong>andong> race, ong>andong> foreground important technical innovations such as the use of Super 8mm ong>andong> video. Each section features an editor's introduction setting debates in their context. The book concludes with a valuable filmography of key films available.

Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kellogg, Ronald T., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Integrating the latest developments in cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, emotion ong>andong> cognitive development, author Ronald T. Kellogg provides a clear view of what is happening at the cutting edge of the field today. Written in an accessible style, the book explores applications of cognitive psychology underscoring the practical side of the field. New to the Second Edition: - Updated with the latest research in cognitive psychology including the ong>recentong> discovery of how the default network of the brain integrates findings on remembering one's personal past, envisioning the future, seeing the world from the perspective of another person - ong>Recentong> advances in networks of attention, prospective memory, emotion ong>andong> cognition, creativity in problem solving, moral reasoning, fluid intelligence ong>andong> working memory, ong>andong> frugal heuristics in decision making. - More extensive coverage of applications of cognitive psychology to everyday life such as research on the risks of driving while talking on a cell phone ong>andong> ong>recentong> findings on memory retrieval ong>andong> how to improve study skills

Ethnic Conflict and International Security

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brown, Michael E., PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press, During the Cold War, most international relations theorists ong>andong> strategic studies analysts paid little attention to ethnic ong>andong> other forms of communal conflict. Disregard for the importance of ethnic ong>andong> nationality issues in world affairs, always misguided so far as the developing world was concerned, has been overtaken, in stunning fashion, by ong>recentong> events from Abkhazia to Zaire. The essays in this volume advance our understong>andong>ing of the causes of ethnic ong>andong> communal conflict, the regional ong>andong> international implications of such conflicts, ong>andong> what the international community can do to minimize the potential for instability ong>andong> violence. Drawn from ong>recentong> issues of "Survival," they are organized along thematic rather than regional lines, ong>andong> will be required reading for scholars, students, ong>andong> policymakers alike. The contributors to the volume include Michael Brown on the causes ong>andong> implications of ethnic conflict, Anthony Smith on the ethnic sources of nationalism, David Welsh on domestic politics ong>andong> ethnic conflict, Renee de Nevers on democratization ong>andong> ethnic conflict, ong>andong> Pierre Hassner on nationalism ong>andong> internationalism. Jack Snyder writes on nationalism ong>andong> the crisis of the post-Soviet state, Barry Posen on the security dilemma ong>andong> ethnic conflict, Kathleen Newlong>andong> on ethnic conflict ong>andong> refugees, Jenonne Walker on international mediation of ethnic conflicts, ong>andong> Robert Cooper ong>andong> Mats Berdal on outside intervention in ethnic conflicts, Adam Roberts discusses the U.N. ong>andong> international security, ong>andong> John Chipman explores managing the politics of parochialism.

Marking Time in the Golden State: Women's Imprisonment in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kruttschnitt, Cong>andong>ace / Gartner, Rosemary / Blumstein, Alfred, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The nature of criminal punishment has undergone profound change in the United States in ong>recentong> decades. This case study of women serving time in California in the s ong>andong> s examines this ong>recentong> history. Drawing on archival data, interviews, ong>andong> surveys, the authors' analysis considers the relationships among official philosophies ong>andong> practices of imprisonment, women's responses to the prison regime, ong>andong> relations between women prisoners.

Dynamic Econometric Modeling: Proceedings of the Third

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barnett, William A. / Berndt, Ernst R. / White, Halbert, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book brings together presentations of some of the fundamental new research that has begun to appear in the areas of dynamic structural modeling, nonlinear structural modeling, time series modeling, nonparametric ong>inferenceong>, ong>andong> chaotic attractor ong>inferenceong>. The contents of this volume comprise the proceedings of the third of a conference series entitled International Symposia in Economic Theory ong>andong> Econometrics. This conference was held at the IC;s2 (Innovation, Creativity ong>andong> Capital) Institute at the University of Texas at Austin on May , l986.

The Indigenous World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vinding, Diana, PUBLISHER: IWGIA, This book stong>andong>s alone in its comprehensive presentation of current information affecting indigenous peoples in different regions throughout the world. With contributions from both indigenous as well as non-indigenous scholars ong>andong> activists, it provides an overview of ong>recentong> developments that have impacted indigenous peoples in North America, Central America, South America, Australia ong>andong> the Pacific, Asia, Africa, ong>andong> elsewhere. "The Indigenous World " contains the most ong>recentong> information available on international human rights efforts in addition to movements ong>andong> changes in the indigenous organizational long>andong>scape. This book serves as an update on the state of affairs of indigenous peoples around the world by region ong>andong> country. It also updates the human rights processes ong>andong> other international processes such as the african Commision on Human ong>andong> People's Rights. Diana Vinding is an anthropologist ong>andong> project coordinator at the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA).

Visual Factors in Reading

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Singleton, Chris / Cornelissen / Singleton C., C., PUBLISHER: Wiley-Blackwell, This collection of essays examines how our visual ong>andong> language systems interact in relationship to reading. Addresses four important questions concerning the role of vision in reading Presents ong>recentong> findings from neuroimaging literature along with important ong>recentong> work concerning how letters ong>andong> letter strings are processed Investigates what constraints the visual system ong>andong> eye movement control set on visual word recognition Discusses the role of the left ong>andong> right visual field, together with the right ong>andong> left hemispheres in visual word recognition Evaluates what information the brain computes when we read a word questions the contribution of the visual system on reading disability

International Travel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dervaes, Claudine / Delmar / Dervaes, PUBLISHER: Cengage Learning, Get ready for destinations abroad with "International Travel." This training guide prepares readers for the essentials in world travel ong>andong> includes information on currencies, customs, insurance, passports, time zones, ong>andong> visas. Numerous examples ong>andong> exercises instruct readers in travel protocol ong>andong> provide excellent background training for future careers in travel. Topics of consideration are airline operations, codes, fares, reservations ong>andong> terminology. Sample computer displays ong>andong> fare research exercises offer readers practical direction on types of tickets, ong>exchangesong> ong>andong> refunds. Advanced fare construction principles also supplement the book From travel tips to arranging trips, be in the know with "International Travel."

Today's Technician: Automotive Suspension and Steering

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Knowles, Don, PUBLISHER: Cengage Learning, This new edition features the most current content on suspension ong>andong> steering systems for today's cars, SUVs, light duty trucks ong>andong> now, hybrids The 4th Edition is teeming with new ong>andong> improved content, from the latest mong>andong>atory tire pressure monitoring systems to the newest electronically-controlled suspension systems. New information on the latest front ong>andong> rear suspension designs, ong>recentong> developments in steering columns ong>andong> air bag systems, ong>andong> the latest electronic power steering gears are also discussed.

The Mind of the Chimpanzee: Ecological and Experimental

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lonsdorf, Elizabeth V. / Ross, Stephen R. / Matsuzawa, Tetsuro, PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press, Understong>andong>ing the chimpanzee mind is akin to opening a window onto human consciousness. Many of our complex cognitive processes have origins that can be seen in the way that chimpanzees think, learn, ong>andong> behave. "The Mind of the Chimpanzee" brings together scores of prominent scientists from around the world to share the most ong>recentong> research into what goes on inside the mind of our closest living relative. Intertwining a range of topics--including imitation, tool use, face recognition, culture, cooperation, ong>andong> reconciliation--with critical commentaries on conservation ong>andong> welfare, the collection aims to understong>andong> how chimpanzees learn, think, ong>andong> feel, so that researchers can not only gain insight into the origins of human cognition, but also crystallize collective efforts to protect wild chimpanzee populations ong>andong> ensure appropriate care in captive settings. With a breadth of material on cognition ong>andong> culture from the lab ong>andong> the field, "The Mind of the Chimpanzee "is a first-rate synthesis of contemporary studies of these fascinating mammals that will appeal to all those interested in animal minds ong>andong> what we can learn from them.

Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fiadjoe, Albert, PUBLISHER: Routledge Cavendish, Taking a critical look at the major areas of constitutional ong>andong> administrative law, Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law places a firm emphasis on the protection of citizens' rights ong>andong> good governance. The third edition of this book builds on the success of the previous two editions, setting-out the established legal principles through Caribbean cases, along with critique ong>andong> commentary of the law where appropriate. Contemporary issues ong>andong> changes in Caribbean public law are addressed including: the refining of the rules governing judicial review; ong>recentong> cases dealing with the death penalty; ong>andong> the likely impact on CARICOM initiatives on the rights of citizens.

The British Economy Since

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crafts, N. F. / Woodward, Nicholas W. / Woodward, N. W. C., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, In this concise economic history of Britain since the Second World War, ong>recentong> developments in economic analysis are employed to re-examine the years of Britain's relative economic decline. The book is organized thematically rather than chronologically, ong>andong> has separate chapters on all the major macro ong>andong> microeconomic aspects of ong>recentong> developments in the British economy. This lucid ong>andong> accessible study will be of particular interest to second ong>andong> third year undergraduates in economic history ong>andong> economics.

Supreme Court Watch : Highlights of the , and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Brien, David M., PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company, Each edition of Supreme Court Watch offers narratives ong>andong> analyses of legal disputes, political battles, ong>andong> social confrontations as they unfold before the Supreme Court. Also included are excerpts from the justices' objections ong>andong> dissents on the Court's most influential cases of the ong>recentong> term. Supreme Court Watch is an ideal supplement to the author's two-volume casebook, Constitutional Law ong>andong> Politics, ong>andong> serves as an excellent companion to other books ong>andong> for courses on law, legal studies, ong>andong> the judiciary.

Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marable, Manning, PUBLISHER: Verso, Despite the ong>recentong> surge of interest in the notion of a "post-racial America," the pursuit of racial equality ong>andong> social justice for African-Americans seems more elusive than ever. In this new paperback edition, Manning Marable updates his classic work with a substantial new introduction encompassing his views on ong>recentong> African-American politics ong>andong> struggles against racism. In doing so, he brings new significance to his claim for the necessity of a "transformationist" approach for moving "beyond black ong>andong> white."

Text, Context, and Hypertext: Writing with and for the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barrett, Edward, PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), In "Text, ConText, ong>andong> HyperText," twenty-seven experts present the most ong>recentong> developments in three important areas of technical communication: the design of effective documentation, the impact of new technology ong>andong> research on technical writing, ong>andong> the training ong>andong> management of technical writers. This first synthesis of diverse but related research provides a unique conceptualization of the field of computers ong>andong> writing ong>andong> documentation.

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