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  • Biostatistical Methods and Applications in Health Research

    A Case Study Approach

    Edited by Vivek Verma, Hafiz T.A. Khan, Dilip C. Nath, Kenneth C. Land ...
    Supported by real-world case studies, this essential textbook provides a detailed overview of the use of biostatistical tools and methods, enabling students and researchers to undertake their own research with confidence and understanding.After a general introduction to the field, the book provides a step-by-step description of the essential statistical methods that are foundational to analysing ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research

    Edited by Kenneth C. Land, Alex C. Michalos, M. Joseph Sirgy ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The aim of the Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research is to create an overview of the field of Quality of Life (QOL) studies in the early years of the 21st century that can be updated and improved upon as the field evolves and the century unfolds.Social indicators are statistical time series “…used to monitor the social system, helping to identify changes and to guide ... Read more

    $242.09 USD

  • Forecasting in the Social and Natural Sciences

    Edited by Kenneth C. Land, Stephen H. Schneider ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Social and natural scientists often are called upon to produce, or participate, in the pro duction of forecasts. This volume assembles essays that (a) describe the organizational and political context of applied forecasting, (b) review the state-of-the-art for many fore casting models and methods, and (c) discuss issues of predictability, the implications of forecaSt errors, and model construction ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Well-Being of America's Children

    Developing and Improving the Child and Youth Well-Being Index

    Edited by Kenneth C. Land ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In 1998, the Foundation for Child Development (FCD) provided Kenneth Land a grant to explore the feasibility of producing the first national composite index of the status of American children that would chart changes in their well-being over time. Important questions needed to be answered: was it possible to trace trends in child and youth well-being over several decades? Could such an index ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Criminal Circumstance

    A Dynamic Multi-Contextual Criminal Opportunity Theory

    by Pamela Wilcox, Kenneth Land, Scott A. Hunt ...
    Series series New Lines in Criminology Series
    The main objective of this book is to propose an alternative criminal opportunity theory. The authors build upon social control and routine activities to develop a dynamic, multi-contextual criminal opportunity theory. Emphasizing the importance of contextual explanations of criminal acts, they propose two levels of analysis: individual and environmental. At each level, the theory pivots on three ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Biodemography of Aging

    Determinants of Healthy Life Span and Longevity

    by Anatoliy I. Yashin, Eric Stallard, Igor Akushevich, Liubov S. Arbeeva, Konstantin G. Arbeev, Irina Culminskaya, Mikhail Kovtun, Julia Kravchenko, Alexander M. Kulminski, Frank A. Sloan, Svetlana V. Ukraintseva, Deqing Wu, Kenneth C. Land ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume is a critical exposition of the data and analyses from a full decade of rigorous research into how age-related changes at the individual level, along with other factors, contribute to morbidity, disability and mortality risks at the broader population level. After summarizing the state of our knowledge in the field, individual chapters offer enlightening discussion on a range of key ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Household and Living Arrangement Projections

    The Extended Cohort-Component Method and Applications to the U.S. and China

    by Yi Zeng, Kenneth C. Land, Danan Gu, Zhenglian Wang ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents an innovative demographic toolkit known as the ProFamy extended cohort-component method for the projection of household structures and living arrangements with empirical applications to the United States, the largest developed country, and China, the largest developing country. The ProFamy method uses demographic rates as inputs to project detailed distributions of household ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Age-Period-Cohort Analysis

    New Models, Methods, and Empirical Applications

    by Yang Yang, Kenneth C. Land ...
    Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Interdisciplinary Statistics
    This book explores the ways in which statistical models, methods, and research designs can be used to open new possibilities for APC analysis. Within a single, consistent HAPC-GLMM statistical modeling framework, the authors synthesize APC models and methods for three research designs: age-by-time period tables of population rates or proportions, repeated cross-section sample surveys, and ... Read more

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  • Modern Epidemiology

    by Timothy L. Lash, Tyler J. VanderWeele, Sebastien Haneause, Kenneth Rothman ...
    Now in a fully revised Fourth Edition, Modern Epidemiology remains the gold standard text in this complex and evolving field. This edition continues to provide comprehensive coverage of the principles and methods for the design, analysis, and interpretation of epidemiologic research. Featuring a new format allowing space for margin notes, this edition • Reflects both the conceptual development of ... Read more

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  • International Differences in Well-Being

    by Ed Diener, Daniel Kahneman, John Helliwell ...
    Series series Oxford Positive Psychology Series
    This book brings together the best of current global research on the measurement and understanding of international differences in well-being ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • Medical Statistics at a Glance

    by Aviva Petrie, Caroline Sabin ...
    Series series At a Glance
    Now in its fourth edition, Medical Statistics at a Glance is a concise and accessible introduction to this complex subject. It provides clear instruction on how to apply commonly used statistical procedures in an easy-to-read, comprehensive and relevant volume. This new edition continues to be the ideal introductory manual and reference guide to medical statistics, an invaluable companion for ... Read more

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  • The Public School Advantage

    Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools

    by Christopher A. Lubienski, Sarah Theule Lubienski ...
    Nearly the whole of America’s partisan politics centers on a single question: Can markets solve our social problems? And for years this question has played out ferociously in the debates about how we should educate our children. From the growth of vouchers and charter schools to the implementation of No Child Left Behind, policy makers have increasingly turned to market-based models to help ... Read more

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