This textbook, Advising on research methods: A consultant’scompanion, has been written for those who give advice on researchmethods in the social and behavioral sciences, including medicine andepidemiology. It aims to assist researchers in the field toproduce better – more accurate, valid, and reliable – results.Herman J. Ader has been a statistical consultant for many years at VU University in Amsterdam first at the Psychology department, later at theVU Medical center. With Don Mellenberg...

Psychological and educational tests are important tools of the behavioral sciences. Development, analysis, and application of tests are studied within psychometrics. Since modern psychometrics was

founded, both theory and practice of psychometrics have developed prosperously: Tests are continuously developed, classical theories are extended and subsumed under modern theories, and new applications are designed. Unfortunately, test construction and test theory are developing rather separately. T...

Het thema van iA#5 is Robotics in Architecture, en staat onder redactie van Kas Oosterhuis en Henriette Bier, Hyperbody, TU Delft.

De iA-bookzine serie brengt een overzicht van interdisciplinaire bijdragen over het onderwerp 'Interactive architecture' van onderzoekers, studenten, gastdocenten van Hyperbody, Faculteit Bouwkunde, TU Delft. Deze vijfde editie, in de reeks 'Interactive Architecture', bestaat wederom uit papers, reportages van workshops, bijzondere casestudies en projecten.

Covering all the fundamental topics in hydraulics and hydrology, this textbook is an accessible, thorough and trusted introduction to the subject. The text builds confidence by encouraging readers to work through examples, try simple experiments and continually test their own understanding as the book progresses. This hands-on approach aims to show students just how interesting hydraulics and hydrology is, as well as providing an invaluable reference resource for practising engineers.

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This title is split into three parts. The first part deals with the basics of meeting and greeting communications, the second looks at problem solving and verbal communications. Finally part three deals with team work, and managing your boss, your customers and yourself.

The 18th edition of Daniel Jones's classic work is the definitive guide to contemporary English pronunciation. This new and fully updated edition contains over 230,000 pronunciations of words, names and phrases. In addition, it includes lively essays on aspects of pronunciation by leading experts in the field, a phonetics and phonology glossary and notes explaining the relationship between spellings and sounds

A fully revised and updated edition of this popular core text for trainee teachers in the Lifelong Learning Sector working towards ATLS or QTLS.

A practical and accessible text on pedagogy for primary teacher trainees and Education Studies students. Features exercises designed to develop specific critical thinking skills.

Moving beyond the narrow clinical perspective this book offers a view that takes into account the complex ways in which a batterer's abusive and controlling behaviors are woven into the fabric of daily life.