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Evidence based design a process for research and writing by Kopec, David Alan

Table of Contents: “…Call for methods-based research -- Importance of citations -- Developing a line of logic -- Formation of a topic and argument -- Review of literature -- Issues in research -- Methods -- Site analysis and case studies -- Surveys, interviews, and observations -- Historical analysis method and photo analysis method -- Experimentation and computer modeling -- The final phase…”
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FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD FROM MARATHON TO WATERLOO by CREASY, EDWARD SHEPHERD

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The politics of working life by Edwards, Paul

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Kafka on the shore by Murakami, Haruki

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KING GHAZ A MAN OF HIS TIME

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FINANCIAL CRISES And What To Do About Them by Eichengreen, Barry

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Foundations of epidemiology by Lilienfeld, David E., Lilienfeld, Abraham M, Stolley, Paul D.

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NOISE A Flaw in Human Judgment by Kahneman, Daniel 1934-, Sibony, Olivier, Sunstein, Cass R.

Table of Contents: “…-- Review and conclusion: Taking noise seriously -- Epilogue: A less noisy world -- Appendix A: How to conduct a noise audit -- Appendix B: A checklist for a decision observer -- Appendix C: Correcting predictions.…”
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Social science research from field to desk by Czarniawska-Joerges, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…-- Reviewing literature -- Designing the study -- Interviewing -- Observation on the move : shadowing -- Following objects and quasi-objects -- Tools for fieldwork -- Surviving in the field : practicalities and personalities -- Excursions into cyberspace -- Analyzing field material -- Text analyses -- Writing it up -- Good academic writing : beauty and credibility -- When to stop, and what to do next.…”
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This is Mars by McEwen, Alfred S., Rocard, Francis, Barral, Xavier

Table of Contents: “…Geological Survey -- A short history of observations of the planet Mars / compiled by Francis Rocard and Nathalie Chapuis -- Geomorphology of the plates / Nicolas Mangold.…”
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Manual of Remote Sensing

Table of Contents: “…v. 1. Earth observing platforms & sensors / edited by Stanley A. …”
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The science of getting rich attracting financial success through creative thought by Wattles, Wallace Delois 1860-1911

Table of Contents: “…-- The first principle in the science of getting rich -- Increasing life -- How riches come to you -- Gratitude -- Thinking in the certain way -- How to use the will -- Further use of the will -- Acting in the certain way -- Efficient action -- Getting into the right business -- The impression of increase -- The advancing man -- Some cautions and concluding observations -- A summary of the science of getting rich…”
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Research Methods in the Social and Health Sciences Making Research Decisions by Palys, Ted, Atchison, Chris

Table of Contents: “…- Ethics in social and health - Sampling and recruitment - Eliminating rival plausible explanations : the experiment - From manipulative to analytic control : quasi-experimentation - Case study approaches - Survey and questionnaires - Interviews - Observation, ethnography, and participatory action research - Archival sources - Analyzing nonnumerical data - Analyzing numerical data - Disseminating your research…”
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Needs and capacity assessment strategies for health education and health promotion by Gilmore, Gary D. 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Gaining a needs and capacity assessment perspective -- Needs and capacity assessments within the bigger picture -- Single-step surveys -- Multi-step surveys : Delphi -- Interviewing -- Group participation process : nominal group -- Group participation process: focus group -- Community-based needs and capacity assessment processes -- Technology-supported assessments -- Large-scale community assessment strategies -- Self-directed assessment inventories -- Observational self-directed assessments.…”
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How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education by Fraenkel, Jack R. 1932-, Wallen, Norman, Hyun, Helen

Table of Contents: “…The nature of research -- The research problem -- Locating and reviewing the literature -- Ethics and research -- Variables and hypotheses -- Sampling -- Instrumentation -- Validity and reliability -- Internal validity -- Descriptive statistics -- Inferential statistics -- Statistics in perspective -- Experimental research -- Single-subject research -- Correlational research -- Causal-comparative research -- Survey research -- The nature of qualitative research -- Observation and interviewing -- Content analysis -- Ethnographic research -- Historical research -- Mixed-methods research -- Action research -- Preparing research proposals and reports…”
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Essentials of public health research methods by Crosby, Richard A. 1959-, Salazar, Laura Francisca 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Shaping Public Health through Research and Practice -- Framing the Research Question -- Ethical Standards and Practice for Public Health Research -- Community-Based Participatory Research -- Qualitative Research Methods for Public Health -- Observational Research Designs -- Experimental Research Designs -- Quasi-Experimental Designs for Public Health -- Defining the Study Population -- Sampling Techniques -- Measurement -- Data Management and Cleaning -- Parametric Data Analysis -- Non-Parametric Data Analysis -- Disseminating Findings and Informing New Research.…”
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Ways of seeing by Berger, John

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Universal Methods of Design 100 Ways to Research Complex Problems, Develop Innovative Ideas, and Design Effective Solutions by Martin, Bella, Hanington, Bruce M

Table of Contents: “…A/B testing -- AEIOU -- Affinity diagramming -- Artifact analysis -- Automated remote research -- Behavioral mapping -- Bodystorming -- Brainstorm graphic organizers -- Business origami -- Card sorting -- Case studies -- Cognitive mapping -- Cognitive walkthrough -- Collage -- Competitive testing -- Concept mapping -- Content analysis -- Content inventory & audit -- Contextual design -- Contextual inquiry -- Creative toolkits -- Critical incident technique -- Crowdsourcing -- Cultural probes -- Customer experience audit -- Design charette -- Design ethnography -- Design workshops -- Desirability testing -- Diary studies -- Directed storytelling -- Elito method -- Ergonomic analysis -- Evaluative research -- Evidence-based design -- Experience prototyping -- Experience sampling method -- Experiments -- Exploratory research -- eyetracking -- Flexible modeling -- Fly-on-the-wall observation -- Focus groups -- Generative research -- Graffiti walls -- Heuristic evaluation -- Image boards -- Interviews -- KJ technique -- Kano analysis -- Key performance indicators -- Laddering -- Literature reviews -- The love letter & the breakup letter -- Mental model diagrams -- Mind mapping -- Observation -- Parallel prototyping -- Participant observation -- Participatory Action Research (PAR) -- Participatory design -- Personal inventories -- Personas -- Photo studies -- Picture cards -- Prototyping -- Questionnaires -- Rapid Iterative Testing & Evaluation (RITE) -- Remote moderated research -- Research through design -- Role-playing -- Scenario description swimlanes -- Scenarios -- Secondary research -- Semantic differential -- Shadowing -- Simulation exercises -- Site search analytics -- Speed dating -- Stakeholder maps -- Stakeholder walkthrough -- Storyboards -- Surveys -- Task analysis -- Territory maps -- Thematic networks -- Think-aloud protocol -- Time-aware research -- Touchstone tours -- Triading -- Triangulation -- Unobtrusive measures -- Usability report -- Usability testing -- User journey maps -- Value opportunity analysis -- Web analytics -- Weighted matrix -- Wizard of Oz -- Word clouds.…”
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Understanding concurrent systems by Roscoe, A. W.

Table of Contents: “…Building a simple sequential process -- Understanding CSP -- Parallel operators -- CSP case studies -- Hiding and renaming -- Beyond traces -- Further operators -- Using FDR -- Operational semantics -- Denotational semantics and behavioural models -- Finite observation models -- Infinite-behaviour models -- The algebra of CSP -- Timed systems 1 : tock-CSP -- Timed systems 2 : discrete timed CSP -- More about FDR -- State explosion and parameterised verification -- Shared-variable programs -- Understanding shared-variable concurrency -- Priority and mobility…”
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Applied Medical Statistics by Jingmei Jiang

Table of Contents: “…What is biostatistics - Descriptive statistics - Fundamentals of probability - Discrete random variable - Continuous random variable - Sampling distribution and parameter estimation - Hypothesis testing for one parameter - Hypothesis testing for two population parameters - One-way analysis of variance - Analysis of variance in different experimental - X2 test - Nonparametric tests based on rank - Simple linear regression - Simple linear correlation - Multiple linear regression - Logistic regression - Survival analysis - Evaluation of diagnostic tests - Observational study design - Experimental study design…”
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