An Introduction to Political and Social Data Analysis (With R) provides students with an accessible overview of practical data analysis while also providing a gentle introduction to the R programming environment. Author Thomas M. Holbrook patiently explains each step in statistical analysis with R, avoiding complicated tools or packages.

Scientific literacy is an essential aspect of any undergraduate education. Recipes for Science responds to this need by providing an accessible introduction to the nature of science and scientific methods appropriate for any beginning college student. The book is adaptable to a wide variety of different courses, such as introductions to scientific reasoning, methods courses in scientific disciplines, science education, and philosophy of science.

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Bestselling keynote speaker's timely take on the future with artificial intelligence

This collection brings together key contributions on the ethics of end-of-life decisions, inspired by the publication of What Kind of Death: The Ethics of Determining One’s Own Death, a new standard work by professor Govert den Hartogh. The topics covered reflect the book's comprehensive approach, with its central themes explored by ethicists, legal experts, and medical professionals. The various contributions offer a thorough examination of the major steps in Den Hartogh’s 'dual track ap...

How to successfully finish a PhD?

Completing a PhD is a long and challenging journey. Many PhD candidates start that journey full of enthusiasm, but lose direction and motivation along the way. Often, this loss of momentum happens because they, like their supervisors, focus too much on the content and neglect the process.

This travel guide teaches you how to successfully navigate the PhD process so that you can enjoy the journey more and reach your destination with better results and in good ...

How to deal with environmental claims in insolvency? Although the question as to the ranking of environmental claims has been one of the more controversial issues in Dutch insolvency law in recent years, there are many other and perhaps bigger questions: Could something like successor liability under Dutch law apply to environmental claims in case of pre-packs? Does it matter whether a claim is based on private law or public Law? Is it possible for companies to obtain discharge regarding envi...

Combining business wisdom with insightful and entertaining stories, this book shows us how to become better leaders by infusing quality, character, courage, enthusiasm and integrity into our workplaces and our lives.

Written by the scholars who first developed the theory of self-leadership, Self-Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Personal Excellence 3e offers powerful yet practical advice for leading yourself to personal excellence.

This text is both a practical account of the research process, and an invitation to think more deeply and reflexively about the imperfect, multifaceted nature of social research itself.