The Little Quick Fix to Understanding Probability breaks it down step by step with crystal clear examples and exercises from one of the leading quantitative teachers in the UK. All you need is an hour and you'll finally get it. Once it clicks into place, you can nail that section of your exam.

The communication of scientific research raises big questions about the kind of societies we want to live in. Through a range of case studies, from museums to Facebook to public parks, Exploring Science Communication shows you how to understand and analyse the complex and diverse ways science and society relate in today's knowledge intensive environments.

Key Texts for Latin American Sociology comprises translations of key texts from the Latin American Sociology canon. It is the first book to curate and then translate these key texts into English, bringing together texts from leading sociologists in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Bolivia, and Uruguay, to provide comprehensive coverage of a wide range of issues in Latin American Sociology.

This concise and practical guide explores the use of focus groups as a method for conducting research in a business and management Masters dissertation.

A cutting text that offers a critical approach to current theories and practices of intercultural communication, and invites students and professionals to explore alternative concepts and to become aware of cultural prejudices.

Extremely practical in its focus featuring examples, exercises and resources, this book is an ideal introduction to understanding survival and event history analysis

This book will hold the novice researcher's hand through the process of undertaking a research project using mixed methods. It has a particular focus on ethics, a key concern for researchers in education and the social sciences.

Individualisering is met het streven naar succes, glamour en geluk, maar ook met stress, depressie en afnemende zorg een kenmerk van deze tijd. Maar wat bindt mensen en hoe zien zij de zorg naar elkaar, nu en in de toekomst?

Verzorgingssociologie onderzoekt deze kernvragen aan de hand van vijf benaderingen:

- het structureel functionalisme/de systeemtheorie,

- het symbolisch interactionisme/de etiketteringstheorie,

- de disciplineringstheorie,

- de kritische theorie,

- de civilisatietheorie.

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Fascinerende gesprekken over hipsters, millenials, tatoeages, social media en andere cultuuruitingen van deze tijd. Eminent filosoof Zygmunt Bauman kruist de degens met de jonge Italiaanse filosoof Thomas Leoncini. Wie is de meester en wie de leerling? Een heerlijk boek voor iedereen die zich jong voelt, of oud, ingeleid door een voorwoord van voormalig Denker des Vaderlands Marli Huijer.