Presenting topics in the form of questions and answers, this popular supplemental text offers a brief introduction on multiple regression on a conceptual level. Author Paul D. Allison answers the most essential questions (such as how to read and interpret multiple regression tables and how to critique multiple regression results) in the early chapters, and then tackles the less important ones (for instance, those arising from multicollinearity) in the later chapters.

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This book introduces the reader to the main quantitative concepts, methods, and computational techniques needed for the development, evaluation, and application of tests in the behavioral/social sciences, including educational tests. Two empirical examples are carried throughout to illustrate alternative methods. Other data sets are used for special illustrations.

Self-contained programs for confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis are available on the Web. Intended for students of psycho...

This is a translation of Patocka's final work in which he treats prehistory through the concepts of Husserl and Heidegger. He believes the technological society to be decadent, and in the 20th century, war has become the basic reality which prevails through apparent "peace".

Based entirely on unpublished primary sources, this remarkable book -the first authoritative history of modern Tibet - is also the first to provide detailed accounts of: * The covert political manoeuverings in Tibet and the role of the Tibetan, Chinese and British governments; * The Dalai Lama's escape in 1959; * The CIA's involvement and the establishment of a secret military base in the Nepalese Himalayas; * The British government lying to the UN and Douglas Hurd's role in that process; * T...

Evolved from McQuarrie and Simon's best-selling textbook, Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach, this text focuses in on the thermodynamics portion of the course. Although many of the chapters in Molecular Thermodynamics are similar to chapters in the larger physical chemistry text, new material has been added throughout along with three entirely new chapters on "The Energy Levels of Atoms and Molecules", "Thermodynamics of Electrochemical Cells", and "Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics". The t...

Kennis van de wiskunde is noodzakelijk voor studenten en onderzoekers in de biologie, de chemie, farmacie, economie, milieuwetenschappen en in vele andere vakgebieden. Het bijbrengen van vaardigheid in het gebruik van wiskundige methoden is het uitgangspunt geweest bij het schrijven van dit boek. Hierbij is speciaal aandacht gegeven aan de dynamische evolutie van processen, waarbij een aantal moderne ontwikkelingen van de theorie aan de orde komen.De tekst bevat, zonder deizigheid en deemster...

Wilde Vaart zet in feite de bekende serie "Onze mooiste koopvaardijschepen" voort waar vooral de lijnschepen werden behandeld. In dit boek staan de anonieme zwoegers centraal, niet minder mooi en zeker niet minder interessant. Zij waren in beheer van rederijen van de Wilde Vaart (trampvaart), een vorm van zeevaart waar zeker de kustvaarders en tankers in groten getale aan deelnamen.

De complete vlootlijsten van N.V. Halcyon Lijn en Invotra zijn in het boek opgenomen, alsmede een lange rij va...