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Social Science - HOME Social Science Origins of American Social Science by Dorothy Ross, X Focusing on the disciplines of economics, sociology, political science, and history, this book examines how American social science came to model itself on natural science and liberal politics. Professor Ross argues that American social science receives its distinctive stamp from the ideology of American exceptionalism, the idea that America occupies an exceptional place in history, based on her republican government and wide economic opportunity. Under the influence of this national self-conception, Americans believed that their history was set on a ...

Science Science - HOME Science Science Gender and Science Reader by Muriel Lederman, The Gender and Science Reader brings together key writings by leading scholars to provide a comprehensive feminist analysis of the nature and practice of science. Challenging the self-proclaimed objectivity of scientific practice, the contributors uncover the gender, class and racial prejudices of modern science. The Reader draws from a range of media, including feminist criticism, scientific literature, writings about scientific education, and the popular press. Articles are grouped into six thematic sections which address: -- Women in Science -- women's access to study ...

Science Employment - HOME Science Employment Gender and Science Reader by Muriel Lederman, The Gender and Science Reader brings together key writings by leading scholars to provide a comprehensive feminist analysis of the nature and practice of science. Challenging the self-proclaimed objectivity of scientific practice, the contributors uncover the gender, class and racial prejudices of modern science. The Reader draws from a range of media, including feminist criticism, scientific literature, writings about scientific education, and the popular press. Articles are grouped into six thematic sections which address: -- Women in Science -- women's access to study ...

Field Science Social - HOME Field Science Social Looking Backward and Looking Forward: Perspectives on Social Science History Asserting the need for social science historians to examine their own field, this wide-ranging volume offers an intellectual history and critical evaluation of interdisciplinary social science and social science historiography. The editors present a creative, experimental mix of topics and genres spanning a range of contemporary thought in the field--exploring the past, present, and future of social science history. This book comes at a time when there is great academic interest in the future of the disciplines ...

Standard Social Science Model - HOME Standard Social Science Model Statistical Models for Causal Analysis by Robert D. Retherford, Free of unwieldy mathematics, Statistical Models for Causal Analysis provides a lucid introduction to statistical models used in the social and biomedical sciences, particularly those models used in the causal analysis of nonexperimental data. Featuring an approach that focuses on model specification and interpretation, this innovative work-designed specifically for students and professionals in need of a working knowledge of the subject - is a practice-oriented guide to learning how to use these models in analytical work. Based on ...

Medicine Science Social - HOME Medicine Science Social Site of the Social: A Philosophical Account of the Constitution of Social Life and Change by Theodore R. Schatzki, Inspired by Heidegger's concept of the clearing of being and by Wittgenstein's ideas on human practice, Theodore Schatzki offers a novel approach to understanding the constitution and transformation of social life. Key to the account he develops here is the context in which social life unfolds--the "site of the social"--as a contingent and constantly metamorphosing mesh of practices and material orders. Schatzki's analysis reveals the ...

Science Definition - HOME Science Definition Random House Concise Dictionary of Science and Computers Essential for every home library, the "Random House Concise Dictionary of Science and Computers covers thousands of terms everyone should know to understand today's science and technology. Included are the basic definitions and concepts in physics, chemistry, biology, earth sciences, astronomy, medicine, and computers--software, hardware, and the Internet. Unlike an Internet search that could result in thousands of wrong or misleading definitions, this science resource is reliable and concise. *Features thousands of definitions and 200+ line drawings and diagrams. *Includes ...

Journal Medicine Science Social - HOME Journal Medicine Science Social Research Fraud in the Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences by David J. Miller, While there is currently no official consensus as to the extent of fraud or misrepresentation in the sciences, recent estimates suggest that they may occur in as much as 12% of all scientific research conducted in North America. In an age dominated philosophically by the overarching ideal of scientific truth, and in which science plays a central role in virtually every aspect of life, research fraud, in even the minutest degree, can have only dire and ...

Audio Book Reference Science Social Travel - HOME Audio Book Reference Science Social Travel Latin American Studies: An Annotated Biliography of Core Works by Ana Maria Cobos, The Latin American studies collections at many community, junior and four year colleges, and large public libraries often contain materials that are too specialized, uneven, outdated, incomplete, or written in Spanish or Portuguese--thus rendering them essentially useless to English-reading patrons. Better materials are out there, but librarians simply have not had, until now, a good resource guide to help in locating them. This work, designed as an acquisitions tool for colleges ...

Medical Science History - HOME Medical Science History From Humors to Medical Science: A History of American Medicine by John Duffy, From Humors to Medical Science: A History of American Medicine How Scientists Explain Disease by Paul Thagard, X How do scientists develop new explanations of disease? How do those explanations become accepted as true? And how does medical diagnosis change when physicians are confronted with new scientific evidence? These are some of the questions that Paul Thagard pursues in this pathbreaking book that develops a new, integrative approach to the study of science. Ranging through the ...

Science Journal - HOME Science Journal How to Make Your Science Project Scientific by Thomas Moorman, Master the essential scientific methods and make your science project a winner! Whether youre hoping to wow the judges at the next science fair, want to do a great job on a school project, or are looking forward to a career in science, How to Make Your Science Project Scientific will give you the tools you need to make your dream a reality. From choosing an idea and developing a hypothesis, to using variables and controls, to performing accurate measurements ...

Biological Perspective Psychology - HOME Biological Perspective Psychology Psychology in Perspective by Carol Tavris, Carol Tavris and Carole Wade once again set a new standard with this exciting alternative to traditional treatment of psychology. Psychology in Perspective, 3/e, responds to the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Project 2061, which calls upon all scientists to teach for depth of understanding rather than breadth of coverage. The authors have reorganized the traditional material according to the five major perspectives in the field and offer an unbiased presentation of each perspective's strengths, limitations, and misuses. The ... of the Asian Psychology. Philippine Psychology is now being studied in some universities as part of their Psychology courses. Theoretical psychology - Theoretical psychology is concerned with theoretical and philosophical aspects of the discipline of psychology. It is an interdisciplinary field involving psychologists specialising in, amongst others, cognitive, social, developmental, personality, clinical, perceptual, neurological, biological, evolutionary, historical, political and critical psychology. Health psychology - Health psychology is the â€œâ€¦use of psychological principles to promote health and to prevent illness (Taylor, 1990).â€ Health psychology considers the biological, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, social, psychosomatic and ...

Cultural Encounter Field in Open Science - HOME Cultural Encounter Field in Open Science 95 Theses on Politics, Culture, and Method by Anne Norton, When Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses on the church door at Wittenberg, he offered a challenge to the dominant establishment of which he was a member. In this provocative book, political scientist Anne Norton proposes 95 theses that launch a brilliant, witty polemic against the reigning orthodoxies in her own field. Rejecting the antiquated and stultifying models encountered in textbooks and in courses on methodology and championed by the self-appointed gatekeepers of a narrow and parochial political science, Norton opens the gates to new practices, new principles, new questions, more methods, and more demanding ethical and scientific criteria. Practice, she argues, has outstripped old models and conventional standards. Drawing on the most daring and rigorous work in structuralism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, cultural studies, literary ...

Science Reference Standard - HOME Science Reference Standard McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Materials Science by McGraw-Hill Book Company, THE LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Derived from the world-renowned "McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, Sixth Edition, this vital reference offers a wealth of essential information in a portable, convenient, quick-find format. Whether you're a professional, a student, a writer, or a general reader with an interest in science, there is no better or more authoritative way to stay up-to-speed with the current language of materials science and ...

Life Science Research - HOME Life Science Research Advances in Quality-Of-Life Theory and Research Advances in Quality-of-Life Theory and Research is relevant to quality-of-life researchers working in the areas of Social Medicine, Sustainable Development, Social Indicators Research and Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine. This volume contains 14 chapters that represent a culmination of programmatic research in the science of quality of life (QOL). Each chapter offers interesting findings in different areas of QOL research and, together, the chapters reflect the very basic premise that QOL research is a broad interdisciplinary topic explored ...

Teaching Science Article - HOME Teaching Science Article Gender and Science Reader by Muriel Lederman, The Gender and Science Reader brings together key writings by leading scholars to provide a comprehensive feminist analysis of the nature and practice of science. Challenging the self-proclaimed objectivity of scientific practice, the contributors uncover the gender, class and racial prejudices of modern science. The Reader draws from a range of media, including feminist criticism, scientific literature, writings about scientific education, and the popular press. Articles are grouped into six thematic sections which address: -- Women in Science -- women's access to ...

Current Science Article - HOME Current Science Article Motivational Science: Social and Personality Perspectives by E. Tory Higgins, Why do people feel, think, and act the way they do? Cognitive variables are not enough to answer these questions. Motivational variables are also necessary, and motivation operates together with cognition to produce combined effects. What is it about motivation that is different than cognition but works together with cognition to produce thoughts, feelings, and actions? This is a basic question for all psychologists and the question that inspired this book of readings. Motivational science is concerned with the ...

Science Reference - HOME Science Reference McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Environmental Science by McGraw-Hill Book Company, THE LANGUAGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Derived from the world-renowned "McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, Sixth Edition, this vital reference offers a wealth of essential information in a portable, convenient, quick-find format. Whether you're a professional, a student, a writer, or a general reader with an interest in science, there is no better or more authoritative way to stay up-to-speed with the current language of environmental science ...

Medical Science Research - HOME Medical Science Research Protecting Participants and Facilitating Social and Behavioral Sciences Research by Constance F.Citro, Institutional review boards (IRBs) are the linchpins of the protection systems that govern human participation in research. In recent years, high-profile cases have focused attention on the weaknesses of the procedures in place to protect participants in medical research. The issues surrounding participants in place to protect in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences may be less visible to the public eye, but they are no less important in ensuring ethical and responsible research. This ...

Environment Knowledge Science - HOME Environment Knowledge Science Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Shifting Paradigms in Essential Knowledge for Social Work Practice by Joe M. Schriver, Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Shifting Paradigms in Essential Knowledge for Social Work Practice, Fourth Edition Joe M. Schriver, "University of Arkansas, Fayetteville" This comprehensive text explores, compares, and contrasts both traditional and alternative paradigms in examining human behavior and the social environment. The text focuses at each system level on the need for multiple perspectives that respect the vast diversity of persons and environments with whom social workers ...

Science Lesson Plan - HOME Science Lesson Plan Putting It All Together: The Directed Reading Lesson in the Secondary Content Classroom by Gloria A. Neubert, Reviewers are talking up a storm about "Putting It All Together" “ I found this book to be a great read! It is sophisticated, but readable. Everything is well developed, defined, and explained.” Christine Oxenford, "Montgomery County Public School System" “ "Putting It All Together" has a great deal to offer, and I look forward to implementing the ideas of this text in our reading intervention… and purchasing the book when it is available! I ... rationale and process of each lesson part. At the end of each chapter readers develop their teaching skills by writing part of a practice lesson. Includes lesson plan examples for each of the generic reading purposes. Offers lesson plan models in the following subject areas: art, music, science, social studies, physical education, special education, mathematics, foreign language, English, health--middle schooland high school examples. Meet the Authors: Gloria A. Neubert, Professor of Secondary Education, has spent 25 years teaching university courses and conducting reading-to-learn workshops for secondary teachers of all disciplines. ...

Formation Mind Philosophy S Science Scientific - HOME Formation Mind Philosophy S Science Scientific Seeing and Visualizing: It's Not What You Think In "Seeing and Visualizing Zenon Pylyshyn argues that seeing is different from thinking and that to see is not, as it may seem intuitively, to create an inner replica of the world. Pylyshyn examines how we see and how we visualize and why the scientific account does not align with the way these processes seem to us "from the inside." In doing so, he addresses issues in vision science, cognitive psychology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive neuroscience.First, Pylyshyn argues that there is a core stage of vision independent from the influence of our prior beliefs and examines how vision can be intelligent and yet essentially knowledge-free. He then proposes that a mechanism ...

Science Environment Employment - HOME Science Environment Employment Human Behavior in the Social Environment: An Ecological View by Carel Bailey Germain, THE SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE of human behavior and development maintains a multidimensional focus on diverse persons in diverse environments. Carel B. Germain and Martin Bloom succinctly present this ecological view on the observation that human beings and their social environments always form a unified -- though not necessarily harmonious -- configuration; this configuration is the basic unit of analysis for understanding the factual material encountered in social work. Employing the person-and-environment approach to examine all aspects ...

Education Elusive History Research Science Troubling - HOME Education Elusive History Research Science Troubling Rediscovering the Democratic Purposes of Education by Lorraine M. McDonnell, Why do America's public schools seem unable to meet today's social challenges? As competing interest groups vie over issues like funding and curricula, we seem to have lost sight of the democratic purposes originally intended for public education. Public schools were envisioned by the Founders as democratically run institutions for instilling civic values, but today's education system seems more concerned with producing good employees than good citizens. Meanwhile, our country's diversity has ...

Academic Education Natural Reference Science Software - HOME Academic Education Natural Reference Science Software Fundamentals of Queueing Theory by Donald Gross, This look at queueing theory stresses the fundamentals of the analytic modeling of queues. It features Excel and Quattro software that allows greater flexibility in the understanding of the nature, sensitivities and responses of waiting- line systems to parameter and environmental changes. ..."this is one of the best books available for use as a textbook for a course and for an applied reference book. Its excellent organizational structure allows quick reference to specific models and its clear presentation coupled with ... matter that has received far less attention in western societies than racism in schools. The book examines the evidence of institutional racism in higher education and prepares for the forthcoming web-based guide to assist institutional change. The chapters here are drawn from the presentations by leading social science researchers in the field at a conference at the University of Leeds in 2002. The conference made it possible to assess the extent and nature of racism in higher education institutions today, and the structural constraints on change. There are theoretical and philosophical explorations ...

Science Methods - HOME Science Methods How to Make Your Science Project Scientific by Thomas Moorman, Master the essential scientific methods and make your science project a winner! Whether youre hoping to wow the judges at the next science fair, want to do a great job on a school project, or are looking forward to a career in science, How to Make Your Science Project Scientific will give you the tools you need to make your dream a reality. From choosing an idea and developing a hypothesis, to using variables and controls, to performing accurate measurements ...

Medical Science - HOME Medical Science Rationalizing Medical Work: Decision-Support Techniques and Medical Practices by Marc Berg, Our response to the skyrocketing cost and nonuniform delivery of medical care has been a call for the rationalizing of medical practice through decision-support techniques. These tools, which include protocols, decision analysis, and expert systems, have generated much debate. Advocates argue that they will make medical practice more rational, more uniform, and more efficient and that they will transform the "art" of medical work into a "science." Critics argue that formal tools cannot and should not supplant humans in most real-life tasks. Marc Berg takes the issues raised by advocates and critics as points of departure for investigation, rather than as positions to choose from. Drawing on insights and methodologies from ...

Education Handbook Research Science - HOME Education Handbook Research Science Handbook of Social Work Research by Bruce A. Thyer, This authoritative volume provides social work professionals, educators, researchers, and students with a comprehensive overview of research tools /relevant to their field. Covering both quantitative and qualitative methods, this handbook discusses foundations of data collection as well as types of studies for both approaches. In keeping with the comprehensive nature of the book, it also covers conceptual research and discusses such general issues as ethics, gender and ethnicity, grantwriting, and dissemination of findings. An ideal primary text for courses ...

Medicine and Health Science Fair Project - HOME Medicine and Health Science Fair Project Wild Science: Reading Feminism, Medicine and the Media by Janine Marchessault, Everyday viewers are confronted with shocking news reports and sensational images about DNA and cloning, the fight against AIDS, cancer and depression. TV stations such as Lifetime currently devote entire programs to women's health and popular sitcoms are now dealing with issues like mammograms, breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy. Wild Science investigates this worldwide boom in health culture. The book helps to explain how popular culture-the principal channel by which the non- ...

Academy Lindblom Math Science - HOME Academy Lindblom Math Science Evaluating, Rewarding, and Improving Effective Teaching in Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engin by National Academy Press, Economic, academic, and social forces are causing undergraduate schools to start a fresh examination of teaching effectiveness. Administrators face the complex task of developing equitable, predictable ways to evaluate, encourage, and reward good teaching in science, math, engineering, and technology. Evaluating, Rewarding, and Improving Effective Teaching in Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology offers a vision for systematic evaluation of teaching practices and academic programs, with recommendations to the various stakeholders in higher ...

Exercise Science - HOME Exercise Science Foundations of Exercise Science by Gary Kamen, This entry-level text provides an overview of the human movement sciences, combining basic science principles with applications in exercise science. Features include complete references to other biological science fields such as biochemistry, biomedical engineering and exercise immunology. Chapter objectives and summaries ensure understanding of the information covered, and application boxes illustrate practical applications related to the material. Topics covered include physiology of exercise, sports medicine prevention and rehabilitation of injuries, biomechanics of human motion, the mind and brain in exercise, and more. ...

Dictionary Of The Social Sciences (Hardcover) : Defines key terms in such areas as anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, c...

Dictionary Of Statistics & Methodology: A Nontechnical Guide For The Social Sciences (Hardcover) : Author: Vogt, W. Paul. Number of Pages: 353. Published On: 2005/04/30. Language: ENGLISH

Sage Encyclopedia Of Social Science Research Methods (Hardcover) : The first encyclopedia to cover inclusively both quantitative and qualitative research approaches, this set ...

How To Conduct Behavioral Research Over The Internet: A Beginner S Guide To Html And Cgi/Perl (Methodology In The Social Sciences) (Paperback) : Author: Fraley, R. Chris. Number of Pages: 266. Published On: 2004/02/01. Language: ENGLISH

Mixed Methodology: Combining Qualitative And Quantitative Approaches (Applied Social Research Methods Series) (Paperback) : Author: Tashakkori, Abbas/ Teddlie, Charles. Number of Pages: 185. Published On: 1998/08/01. Language: ENGLISH

Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference In Qualitative Research (Paperback) : Author: King, Gary/ Keohane, Robert O. / Verba, Sidney. Number of Pages: 245. Published On: 1994/06/01. Lang...

Survey Research Methods (Applied Social Research Methods Series) (Paperback) : Author: Fowler, Floyd J. Jr. Number of Pages: 179. Published On: 2001/08/01. Language: ENGLISH

Foundations Of Social Theory (Paperback) : Author: Coleman, James S. Published On: 1994/12/01. Language: ENGLISH

Improving Survey Questions: Design And Evaluation (Applied Social Research Methods Series) (vol. 038) (Paperback) : Author: Fowler, Floyd J. Jr. Published On: 1995/09/01. Language: ENGLISH

Decolonizing Methodologies: Research And Indigenous Peoples (Paperback) : Author: Smith, Linda Tuhiwai. Number of Pages: 208. Published On: 1999/07/01. Language: ENGLISH