Methodology category: 1297 books
by Prasant
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
What is a matrix and the plus?The pattern generated by the date and destiny numbers of a person/event date is a Matrix here. The ‘Plus’ concept refers to the addition of the two, date and destiny, for the analysis of the case [a unique thing never attempted till now by any person].Any...
by Hank Prunckun
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
Since 9/11, the needs of intelligence agencies as well as the missions they conduct have increased in number, size, and complexity. As such, government and private security agencies are recruiting staff to analyze the vast amount of data collected in these missions. This textbook offers a way of gaining...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
This unique addition to the Success in Research series addresses the importance of understanding and achieving impact for the purposes of gaining research funding and reporting achieved impact for the Research Excellence Framework (REF).
The book includes contributions from researchers...
Conflict and Complexity
Countering Terrorism, Insurgency, Ethnic and Regional Violence
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
This book follows the methodologies of complex adaptive systems research in their application to addressing the problems of terrorism, specifically terrorist networks, their structure and various methods of mapping and interdicting them as well as exploring the complex landscape of network-centric...
Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries
A Critical Appraisal of Catches and Ecosystem Impacts
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
The*Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries* is the first and only book to provide accurate, country-by-country fishery catch data. This groundbreaking information has been gathered from independsources by the world's foremfisheries experts. Edited by Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller of the Sea Around Us Project,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
As information systems used for research and educational purposes have become more complex, there has been an increase in the need for new computing architecture. High performance and cloud computing provide reliable and cost-effective information technology infrastructure that enhances research and...
South Africa and the Global Hydrogen Economy
The Strategic Role of Platinum Group Metals
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
South Africa and the Global Hydrogen Economy is the publication of a MISTRA research project on the use of strategic minerals in the global putative hydrogen economy. The book highlights the global significance of platinum group metals (PGM) and explores the strategic opportunities that arise out...
On Fact and Fraud
Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Fraud in science is not as easy to identify as one might think. When accusations of scientific misconduct occur, truth can often be elusive, and the cause of a scientist's ethical misstep isn't always clear. On Fact and Fraud looks at actual cases in which fraud was committed or alleged, explaining...
by Gary Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2015
Vibrant and insightful, this book introduces students and researchers to the basics of case study research. Adopting jargon-free language, it grounds its advice in concrete experience and real-world cases. Using examples from across the social sciences, Gary Thomas provides practical guidance on how...
Researching Sustainability
A Guide to Social Science Methods, Practice and Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
This book is for students and researchers across the social sciences who are planning, conducting and disseminating research on sustainability-related issues. Real-world sustainability problems cross many boundaries, and this is the first book to guide students and practitioners through the practical...
Communicating Climate Change and Energy Security
New Methods in Understanding Audiences
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
This book, drawing on new research conducted for the UK Energy Resource Centre (UKERC), examines the contemporary public debate on climate change and the linked issue of energy security. It analyses the key processes which affect the formation of public attitudes and understanding in these areas,...
Field Experiments and Their Critics
Essays on the Uses and Abuses of Experimentation in the Social Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
In recent years, social scientists have engaged in a deep debate over the methods appropriate to their research. Their long reliance on passive observational collection of information has been challenged by proponents of experimental methods designed to precisely infer causal effects through active intervention...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
What constitutes a causal explanation, and must an explanation be causal? What warrants a causal inference, as opposed to a descriptive regularity? What techniques are available to detect when causal effects are present, and when can these techniques be used to identify the relative importance of...
by Thejendra Sreenivas
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
‘Have you noticed the exemplary work being done by some of our scientists and researchers around the world these days?’
‘Do you mean the great advances in curing cancer and other diseases?’
‘No, I am not referring to cancer research or the cure for baldness. I am talking about other kinds...