For junior/senior undergraduates taking probability and statistics as applied to engineering, science, or computer science. This classic text provides a rigorous introduction to basic probability theory and statistical inference, with a unique balance between theory and methodology. Interesting, relevant applications use real data from actual studies, showing how the concepts and methods can be used to solve problems in the field.

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Oral history is increasingly acknowledged as a key tool for anyone studying the history of the recent past, and Oral History Theory provides a comprehensive, systematic and accessible overview of this important field. Combining the study of theories drawn from disciplines ranging from linguistics to psychoanalysis with the observations of practitioners and including extensive examples of oral history practice from around the world, this book constitutes the first integrated discussion of oral...

Now in its third edition, Hendrik Van den Berg's International Economics: A Heterodox Approach covers all of the standard topics taught in undergraduate international economics courses. Written in a friendly and approachable style, this new edition is unique in that it presents the key orthodox neoclassical models of international trade and investment, while supplementing them with a variety of heterodox approaches. This pluralist approach is intended to give economics students a more realist...

Avec des questionnaires de lecture pour une approche méthodique du texte. Le cahier iconographique. Une approche des grands thèmes de Candide par l'image (la guerre, le Nouveau Monde, l'esclavage...). Des questions de lecture de l'image sont proposées dans la rubrique " Le texte et ses images ". L'appareil critique. Biographie de l'auteur et genèse de l'oeuvre. La lutte philosophique et la censure. Candide, oeuvre réaliste ou parabole ? Des groupements de textes sur l'Inquisition (Thomas...

Von 1979 bis 1991 waren um die 20.000 Vertragsarbeiter aus Mosambik in der DDR beschäftigt. Ihr auf vier Jahre befristeter Aufenthalt sollte dazu dienen, ihnen eine Ausbildung zu ermöglichen und Berufserfahrung zu sammeln, um nach ihrer Rückkehr zum Aufbau eines unabhängigen sozialistischen Mosambiks beizutragen. Die Realität sah anders aus. Die "Madgermanes", wie sie in Mosambik genannt werden, eine Wortschöpfung aus "Verrückte Deutsche" und "Made in Germany", kehrten in ein vom Bürg...

We need strategy. The world is changing, the future uncertain. What is required is vision: What might the future bring? Where is our business going? What are our fundamental business values? This book is a manual for all those who want to apply strategy in organisations.

The Seamanship Examiner is a complete study and revision guide, based on the international Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping, for cadet and serving crew in the merchant marine sector. It is the ideal study package for anyone preparing for the oral assessment taken by every marine professional to acquire a Deck Certificate of Competency at various levels of seniority up through Master. With hundreds of tutorial questions and answers, plus interactive multiple choice examin...

Hoe verhelder je tijd voor mensen met autisme?

Tijd is onontbeerlijk in het menselijk bestaan. Het helpt ons om na te denken over het verleden, geeft ons grip op wat er om ons heen gebeurt en wat er komen gaat. Mensen met autisme hebben het echter extra moeilijk om samenhang in de tijd te ontwaren.

Autisme en tijdsbesef richt zich tot iedereen die verduidelijking en voorspelbaarheid wil bieden aan mensen met autisme.

Aan de hand van een tienstappenplan legt auteur Steven Degrieck uit waarom...